questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if implementation of the mandatory Advice and Guidance requirement in GP referral pathways will be paused pending the publication of the Health Services Safety Investigations Body's interim report on Advice and Guidance, expected in August 2026.
answerText: The GP Contract’s changes for 2026/27 are underpinned by regulations, which have been laid before Parliament in the usual way, alongside an explanatory memorandum. There is currently no intention of pausing the implementation of the changes being made to ...
heading: General Practitioners: Contracts