Question follow-through · 15741
Health Services: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support (a) GP surgeries, (b) dentists, (c) pharmacies and (d) care homes in rural areas to tackle workforce pressures, in the context of changes to the
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 25 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 27 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 29 Nov 2024 · 4 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Health and care
- NHS: Rural Areas · 26 Nov 2024
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- North Devon Hospital · 27 Feb 2025
- North Devon Hospital · 27 Feb 2025
- Hospitals: Torridge and Tavistock · 5 Mar 2025
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
25 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support (a) GP surgeries, (b) dentists, (c) pharmacies and (d) care homes in rural areas to tackle workforce pressures, in the context of changes to the
27 Nov 2024
Target answer date
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29 Nov 2024
Answer published
We have taken necessary decisions to fix the foundations in the public finances at the Autumn Budget, and this enabled the Spending Review settlement of a £22.6 billion increase in resource spending for the Department from 2023/24 outturn to 2025/26. The ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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NHS: Rural Areas
26 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support businesses that provide services to the NHS in rural areas, in the context of changes to the level of employer National Insurance contributions a
North Devon Hospital
27 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his oral statement of 20 January 2025 on New Hospital Programme Review, Official Report, column 750, if his Department will make short-term capital funding available to help ensur
North Devon Hospital
27 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the new timetable for the redevelopment of North Devon District Hospital on (a) patient outcomes and (b) service capacity.
North Devon Hospital
27 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to ensure the provision of (a) safe and (b) effective care for patients in Torridge and North Devon, in the context of the new timetable for the redevelopment of North D
Hospitals: Torridge and Tavistock
5 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his oral statement of 20 January 2025 on New Hospital Programme Review, Official Report, columns 748-750, whether he considered (a) the remoteness of and (b) recent trends of depr
Dental Services: Torridge
13 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Devon Integrated Care Board on access to non-emergency NHS dental appointments for (a) children and (b) elderly people in Torridge.
Dental Services: South West
13 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) he and (b) his Ministers have had recent discussions with dental schools in the South West on encouraging newly qualified dentists to work in NHS-providing dental practices in rural com
Phlebotomy: Devon
9 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that vulnerable and terminally ill residents in rural communities in Devon can rely on the provision of daily phlebotomy services within a reasonable travelling di