Question follow-through · 39680
Out of Area Treatment: Cornwall
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help people in South East Cornwall constituency to access healthcare services in Devon using the Tamar Crossings.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 19 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 27 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help people in South East Cornwall constituency to access healthcare services in Devon using the Tamar Crossings.
24 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Mar 2025
Answer published
The Government acknowledges that the Tamar Crossings are an important local issue. We are determined to work with the National Health Service to ensure that everyone can access a general practice and other healthcare services, and we will move towards a N...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Defibrillators: Rural Areas
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Mental Health Services
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Mental Health Services
30 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to involve (a) patients, (b) families and (c) communities in changes to the mental health referral system in (i) England and (ii) South East Cornwall constituenc
Mental Health Services: South East Cornwall
3 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to introduce a nationwide system to ensure that people experiencing mental health crises have access to support services when they need them; and what assessment he has made o
Neighbourhood Health Centres
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ME/CFS: Health Services
29 Aug 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to allocate (a) new and (b) ring-fenced funding to support the implementation of the Final Delivery Plan for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, publish
Children in Care
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Defibrillators: Coastal Areas and Rural Areas
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Defibrillators
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Defibrillators: Coastal Areas and Rural Areas
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Health Services and Social Services: Cornwall
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