{"value":{"id":1543552,"askingMemberId":4511,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2022-11-18T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2022-11-24T00:00:00","uin":"90851","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to encourage general practices to call patients a second time when they miss an initial telephone appointment.","answeringBodyId":17,"answeringBodyName":"Department of Health and Social Care","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4679,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2022-11-24T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>Individual general practitioner (GP) practices are responsible for managing appointment booking systems to meet the reasonable needs of registered patients. NHS England’s guidance advises GP practices to provide a specific timeframe or exact appointment time for telephone or video appointments.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"General Practitioners: Telephone Services","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1543552","method":"GET"}]}