Question follow-through · 10801

Primary Care: Epping Forest

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to primary care in Epping Forest constituency.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 23 Oct 2024
Target answer date: 28 Oct 2024
Answer: 29 Oct 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

23 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to primary care in Epping Forest constituency.
28 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Oct 2024
Answer published
We know that patients are finding it harder than ever to see a general practitioner (GP) and access other primary care services, and we are committed to fixing the crisis in GPs.Our plan to increase the number of GP appointments delivered will require bot...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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