Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

What steps he is taking to help improve the quality of local GP practices.

In January 2019 a five-year framework for general practitioner (GP) contract reform was agreed to implement the commitments made in the NHS Long Term Plan, including care quality and outcomes improvement.

In 2020 we also committed at least an additional £1.5 billion for general practice until 2023 to support our commitment to recruit 26,000 extra staff to support GPs and ensure patients have better access to a wider range of health professionals.

We have also made an additional investment of an extra £4.5 billion a year by 2023/24 in primary and community care.