Question follow-through · 5728

General Practitioners: West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full-time equivalent GPs were working in West Dorset constituency as of 31 August 2024.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

About this written question

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 12 Sept 2024
Target answer date: 7 Oct 2024
Answer: 8 Oct 2024 · 26 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

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Recorded timeline

12 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full-time equivalent GPs were working in West Dorset constituency as of 31 August 2024.
7 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Oct 2024
Answer published
There were 58 full-time equivalent general practitioners working in the West Dorset constituency as of 31 July 2024, the most recent date for which data is available.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Dental Services: West Dorset

4 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many dental practices are offering NHS services in West Dorset constituency.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Breast Cancer: Diagnosis

10 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the number of primary care facilities for the diagnosis of stages of breast cancer.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Breast Cancer: Rural Areas

10 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve support for people living with secondary breast cancer in rural areas.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Health Services: Disability

21 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to provide health services for disabled people in isolated areas.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Mental Health Services: Veterans

21 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support veterans’ mental health in rural constituencies.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Mental Health Services: Veterans

21 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to improve access to health services for veterans living in rural areas.

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

General Practitioners: West Dorset

25 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the availability of GP appointments in West Dorset constituency.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Primary Care: Pharmacy

25 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support community pharmacies in providing primary healthcare consultations.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Pharmacy: Finance

28 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the amount of funding provided to community pharmacies for delivering primary healthcare services.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Rare Diseases: Research

11 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to incentivise private sector investment into research for (a) brain tumours and (b) other rare diseases.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Brain: Tumours

11 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make a comparative assessment of funding allocated to (a) brain tumours and (b) other cancers in the last five years; and if he will take steps to increase funding available for brain tu

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Social Services: Rural Areas

12 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take through social care reforms to help (a) reduce waiting times for and (b) increase access to care services in rural areas.