Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GP practices have closed in the last 12 months; and and GPs have (a) resigned and (b) retired in the same period of time.

Data on GP practices, including closure dates, is published as part of the ‘GP and GP practice related data’ set, available at the following link:

https://digital.nhs.uk/services/organisation-data-service/data-search-and-export/csv-downloads/gp-and-gp-practice-related-data

Data on GP workforce can be found here:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/general-and-personal-medical-services/31-december-2025#