Ben Everitt, the MP for Milton Keynes North, has welcomed the 35% increase in doctors, nurses and other patient care staff working in general practice in Milton Keynes North.
DHSC has published modelled estimates, by constituency, of the number of full-time equivalent general practice doctors and nurses, plus other direct patient care staff.
The figures show an increase of 35% in the Milton Keynes North constituency, with 58 more total clinical FTE in September 2023 than the same month in 2019.
The NHS has recruited 36,000 additional staff into healthcare roles in general practices across the country since 2019 – well ahead of the target of 26,000 by March 2024.
Ben Everitt MP said: "I know being able to see your GP is absolutely top of the priority list for my constituents so I have been meeting with local surgeries including One Medical Group recently who run the Whitehouse, Brooklands and Neath Hill surgeries.
"So it's fantastic news that we have increased the number of doctors, nurses and patient care stuff in Milton Keynes North since 2019.
"There's still lots more to do, but the plan is working and we don't want to go back to square one with Labour."
This week, the Government also announced that two million more GP appointments a month are being delivered for patients compared to the same month before the pandemic, as part of the Primary Care Access Recovery Plan.
The data shows that more than 25.7 million appointments (excluding Covid vaccinations) were delivered by GP practices in December 2023, an increase of 9% compared to pre-pandemic. The increase in appointments follows an NHS targeted support programme for GP practices to improve access for patients.
Thanks to the Primary Access Recovery Plan, which was published in May last year, more than 8 in 10 GP practices have now upgraded their telephone systems with the remaining practices signed up to make the move by March.
As well as this, the Pharmacy First scheme launched in January, with more than 10,000 pharmacies now treating people for seven common conditions including sinusitis, sore throat, earache, infected insect bite, impetigo, shingles, and uncomplicated urinary tract infections in women over the age of 65. This is expected to free-up up to ten million GP appointments a year as well as giving people more choice in where and how they access care.
