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Primary Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to safeguard primary care services.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
19 Dec 2024
Target answer date
7 Jan 2025
Answer
8 Jan 2025 · 20 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 19 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to safeguard primary care services.

  2. 7 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 8 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    Work is already underway to ensure the safeguarding of primary care services. Neighbourhood Health Centres will be trialled to bring together a range of services, ensuring healthcare is provided closer to home. This is part of our broader ambition to move...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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