Question follow-through · 30814
Health Centres: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the accessibility of health centres in (a) rural and (b) remote areas.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 11 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 18 Feb 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the accessibility of health centres in (a) rural and (b) remote areas.
13 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Feb 2025
Answer published
In line with the Government’s Health Mission, our goal is to create a more equitable healthcare system that leaves no person or community behind. The Government recognises the health inequalities faced by rural communities in England, particularly around ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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