questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) impact assessments and (b) consultations were carried out before the publication of the National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts and Personal Medical Services Agreements) (Amendment) Regulations 2026.
answerText: The Department and NHS England assessed the potential impacts of the proposed changes to the GP Contract for 2026/27 throughout the policy-development process, including Equality Impact Assessments, which consider the impact of policy changes against prot...
heading: National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts and Personal Medical Services Agreements) (Amendment) Regulations 2026