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Torbay Hospital

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has for the future of Torbay Hospital.

answeredRichard TiceDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
15 Jan 2025
Target answer date
17 Jan 2025
Answer
27 Jan 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 15 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has for the future of Torbay Hospital.

  2. 17 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 27 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    My rt. Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, set out a credible and deliverable plan for the new hospital schemes in the New Hospital Programme (NHP) on 20 January 2025, following the conclusion of the review of the NHP. The Plan...

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