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General Practitioners: Closures and Mergers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has statutory powers to prevent the (a) merger and (b) closure of GP services.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
15 Nov 2024
Target answer date
20 Nov 2024
Answer
22 Nov 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 15 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has statutory powers to prevent the (a) merger and (b) closure of GP services.

  2. 20 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 22 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    The Health and Care Act 2022 included new powers in the National Health Service Act 2006, giving my Rt. Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, increased oversight of, and the option for earlier involvement in reconfiguration of se...

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