Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to her policy that those who need an appointment with their GP practice should be seen within 2 weeks announced in Our plan for patients on 22 September, whether that two week period begins from the point at which a patient requests an appointment.

The government has set an expectation that all patients who need an appointment within two weeks of booking will get one.