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Question follow-through · 24598

GP Surgeries

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of Integrated Care Boards taking steps to help general practitioners set up new practices.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
16 Jan 2025
Target answer date
22 Jan 2025
Answer
23 Jan 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of Integrated Care Boards taking steps to help general practitioners set up new practices.

  2. 22 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 23 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 28 Sept 2026.

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