Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many additional (1) general practitioners, and (2) other primary care staff, are expected to be recruited as a result of the creation of neighbourhood health centres in each of the next three years.

Neighbourhood health services will bring together integrated neighbourhood teams of professionals and partners closer to people’s home. Tens of thousands of patients in England will benefit from improved healthcare on their doorstep, as the Government rolls out the first 27 neighbourhood health centres, bringing more services into the community.

The 10-Year Health Plan committed to training thousands more general practices (GPs). Thanks to actions taken by the Government, we have the highest number of fully qualified GPs since 2015, and steps are being taken to grow the GP workforce further. We have expanded GP training places by 250, taking the total number of available places to 4,250 for 2025/26, and we plan to expand this again for 2026/27.

The Government is committed to publishing a 10 Year Workforce Plan to set out action to create a workforce ready to deliver the transformed service set out in the 10-Year Health Plan in Spring 2026.