Written question asked by Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 2 February 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 4 February 2010. It was answered by Mike O'Brien (Labour) on Monday, 8 February 2010 on behalf of the Department of Health.

General Practitioners: East Sussex

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many, and what proportion of GP surgeries in Sussex Downs and Weald Primary Care Trust area are open (a) in the evenings and (b) at weekends.

Answer: The latest published figures for general practitioner (GP) surgery extended opening hours are for July 2009. In July 2009 East Sussex Downs and Weald Primary Care Trust had 28 of their 43 (65.1 per cent.) GP practices offering extended opening. For South East Coast Strategic Health Authority, these figures are 502 of 641 (78.3 per cent.), and for England 6,834 of 8,279 (77.1 per cent.) of GP practices offering extended opening.The Department does not hold figures that distinguish between evening and weekend opening.

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