Question follow-through · 21964
General Practitioners: South Holland and the Deepings
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the availability of GP appointments in South Holland and the Deepings constituency.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 6 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 16 Jan 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
6 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the availability of GP appointments in South Holland and the Deepings constituency.
8 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Jan 2025
Answer published
We are committed to improving capacity and access to local services across the country, including in South Holland and Deepings. That is why, in October 2024, we provided an £82 million boost to the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme, enabling the recr...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Memory Clinics: Lincolnshire
7 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will set targets to reduce memory clinic waiting times in (a) South Holland and The Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
Hospitals: Discharges
13 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many delayed discharges there were in Lincolnshire since 2022.
Department of Health and Social Care: Artificial Intelligence
13 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what purposes (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have used AI in the last 12 months.
Prostate Cancer: Diagnosis
15 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to increase access to PSA tests for the early diagnosis of prostate cancer for men in rural areas.
Prostate Cancer: Diagnosis
15 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to improve information about early diagnosis for prostate cancer for men from areas of socio-economic deprivation.
Addictions: Health Services
17 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to fund provisions for addiction support services in (a) Lincolnshire and (b) other rural areas.
Postnatal Care: Mental Health Services
17 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve provision of post-natal mental health care in Lincolnshire.
Medical Records: Lincolnshire
20 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to allow up-to-date medical information to be shared between the NHS and care staff in Lincolnshire.
Dental Services: Lincolnshire
21 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he had made of the number of additional urgent dental appointments there will be in Lincolnshire in each of the next four years.
NHS England: Artificial Intelligence
24 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what purposes NHS England has used AI in the last 12 months.
Dental Services: Lincolnshire
24 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of lack of access to NHS dental services on health outcomes in Lincolnshire.