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General Practitioners: Closures

Asked by Joe RobertsonConservativeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 13 March 2026UIN 111518

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GP practices have closed in the last 12 months; and and GPs have (a) resigned and (b) retired in the same period of time.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

Data on GP practices, including closure dates, is published as part of the ‘GP and GP practice related data’ set, available at the following link:

https://digital.nhs.uk/services/organisation-data-service/data-search-and-export/csv-downloads/gp-and-gp-practice-related-data

Data on GP workforce can be found here:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/general-and-personal-medical-services/31-december-2025#

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