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Asked by Sarah PochinReform UKDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 8 July 2026UIN 7870

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GP appointments were missed in each of the last 10 years.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

Missed appointments, recorded as ‘did not attends’, are collected through General Practice Appointment Data. We do not carry data for 2016. Data for 2017 and 2018 is incomplete. The data is available at the following link:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/appointments-in-general-practice

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