questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to publish the safety case underpinning the mandated use of Advice and Guidance in referral pathways prior to the laying of the 2026/27 GP contract regulations.
answerText: The contract does not change the clinical threshold for referral to specialist care. General practitioners (GPs) should continue to make a clinical decision to refer for specialist care where that is in the patient’s best interests, and to request special...
heading: General Practitioners: Contracts