Question follow-through · 22633

NHS: Weather

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution by the Minister for Secondary Care of 18 December 2024, Official Report, column 345, when he chaired the first of the weekly winter preparedness meetings.

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
8 Jan 2025
Target answer date
13 Jan 2025
Answer
13 Jan 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 8 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution by the Minister for Secondary Care of 18 December 2024, Official Report, column 345, when he chaired the first of the weekly winter preparedness meetings.

  2. 13 Jan 2025

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  3. 13 Jan 2025

    Answer published

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  4. 31 Jan 2025

    Answer corrected

    My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care first held discussions on winter planning with the Department ahead of the general election. The first briefing the Secretary of State received on winter preparations was on his first da...

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