General Practitioners: Tunbridge Wells
(asked on 13th July 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many extra GP appointments were delivered in Tunbridge Wells constituency in 2025/26 compared to 2024/25.
The following table shows general practice (GP) appointment data for the Tunbridge Wells constituency:
Financial year | Appointments in GPs |
2024/25 | 622,644 |
2025/26 | 614,065 |
We are working to expand capacity in GPs which will help deliver more appointments to patients. Changes to the 2025/26 GP Contract removed restrictions so individual primary care networks (PCNs) can hire more GPs, and we have introduced a practice-level GP reimbursement scheme, worth £292 million, which will enable practices to hire additional GPs or fund extra GP sessions with existing GPs. This will improve access, boost capacity, support GP employment, and continue improve patient satisfaction.
In the 2026 GP Patient Survey, 83% of patients in the Tunbridge Wells PCN reported a good overall experience of their GP, compared to 77% nationally. This is an increase from 79% in the 2025 survey.