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General Practitioners: North Cornwall

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce waiting times for GP appointments in North Cornwall constituency.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
22 Jul 2024
Target answer date
24 Jul 2024
Answer
31 Jul 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 22 Jul 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce waiting times for GP appointments in North Cornwall constituency.

  2. 24 Jul 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 31 Jul 2024

    Answer published

    The Government knows that patients are finding it harder than ever to access general practices (GPs) and is committed to fixing the crisis in GPs to secure the long-term sustainability of the National Health Service. North Cornwall sits within the NHS Cor...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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