Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of missed GP appointments in (a) Ipswich constituency and (b) England.

Local National Health Service organisations and general practitioner practices make their own arrangements for preventing and dealing with missed appointments. Innovative solutions to reduce rates of missed appointments are on the rise by using text message or email reminders, online cancellation forms, or offering remote appointments for those who do not need a physical examination.