Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects the National Institute for Health and Care Research to publish findings from phase one of the Carr-Hill review.

Phase 1 of the Carr-Hill review concluded in May 2026. The report and recommendations are currently with the Department for consideration. The review’s findings and recommendations will be published in due course by the National Institute for Health and Care Research, and MPs will be updated once the review’s findings are available.

Phase 2 of the review will comprise the technical development, testing, and modelling of alternative approaches. Timelines for the remainder of the Carr-Hill review, including subsequent publications, are being informed by the outputs of Phase 1 and will be confirmed in due course.

Implementation of any new approach to core general practice funding would be subject to ministerial decision and consultation with the General Practice Committee England of the British Medical Association, in the context of available funding and our commitment to substantively reform the General Medical Services Contract within this Parliament.