Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of GP provision for the size of the population in Feltham and Heston.

In Feltham and Heston constituency, the median general practitioner (GP)-patient ratio was 3.6 full time equivalent doctors in general practice per 10,000 registered patients in November 2023.

Each GP is required to provide services to meet the reasonable needs of their patients. There is no Government recommendation for how many patients a GP should have assigned, or the ratio of GPs or other practice staff to patients. The demands each patient places on their GP are different and can be affected by many different factors, including rurality and patient demographics. It is necessary to consider the workforce for each practice as a whole; not only GPs but also including the range of health professionals available who are able to respond to the needs of their patients.