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GP Surgeries: Service Charges

Asked by Jim McMahonLabour (Co-op)Department of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 9 December 2025UIN 92139

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the value for money of management and service charges paid by GP surgeries to related parties in England.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

General practice surgeries are independent contractors, and as private businesses it is within their own remit to consider the value for money of management and service charges paid to related parties in England.

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