Question follow-through · 21338

Primary Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to support ICBs that are considering cuts to 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 support ICBs that are considering cuts to primary care services.

  2. 7 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 8 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    Integrated care boards (ICBs) have a delegated responsibility for planning and commissioning healthcare services to meet the reasonable needs of the people for whom they are responsible. ICBs should evaluate the needs of the populations for which they are...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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