Asked by: James Gray (Conservative - North Wiltshire)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Defence on provision for a families and civilian GP surgery outside the wire at MOD Lyneham.
Answered by David Mowat
My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health has held no discussions with the Secretary of State for Defence on provision for a families and civilian general practice surgery outside the wire at MOD Lyneham.
Asked by: James Gray (Conservative - North Wiltshire)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he has issued on patients' travel distance to GP services.
Answered by David Mowat
Neither the Department nor NHS England has issued guidance on patients’ travel distance to general practitioner services.
Asked by: James Gray (Conservative - North Wiltshire)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has had discussions with Wiltshire CCG on a new GP Outreach surgery in Wiltshire.
Answered by David Mowat
Proposals for branch surgeries require the approval of NHS England or a clinical commissioning group (CCG) acting on their behalf; they do not require departmental approval. Contact regulations require surgeries to agree the locations from which general practitioner (GP) services will be provided.
My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health has not had discussions with Wiltshire CCG on a new GP Outreach surgery in Wiltshire.
Asked by: James Gray (Conservative - North Wiltshire)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether (a) proposals for outreach GP surgeries and (b) the proposed outreach GP surgery at Lyneham require approval by his Department.
Answered by David Mowat
Proposals for branch surgeries require the approval of NHS England or a clinical commissioning group (CCG) acting on their behalf; they do not require departmental approval. Contact regulations require surgeries to agree the locations from which general practitioner (GP) services will be provided.
My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health has not had discussions with Wiltshire CCG on a new GP Outreach surgery in Wiltshire.
Asked by: James Gray (Conservative - North Wiltshire)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average number of patients per GP surgery is in (a) England, (b) Wiltshire, (c) Royal Wootton Bassett and (d) Calne.
Answered by David Mowat
The information requested is in the attached document.