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General Practitioners: Contracts

Asked by Dr Luke EvansConservativeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 12 February 2025UIN 28129

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2025 to Question 23850 on Health Services, when he plans to provide an update on whether Advice and Guidance arrangements are agreed as part of GP Contract negotiations.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

My Department and NHS England started consultation with the General Practitioners Committee in England, of the British Medical Association, on the 2025/26 GP Contract on 19 December and will consider all proposed policy changes, including Advice and Guidance arrangements. Final changes will be announced before April 2025 in the usual way, following the close of the consultation.

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