Question follow-through · 49161

Primary Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department provide guidance on the handover of patient care between GPs and (a) dentists and (b) eye clinics.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
29 Apr 2025
Target answer date
1 May 2025
Answer
8 May 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 29 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department provide guidance on the handover of patient care between GPs and (a) dentists and (b) eye clinics.

  2. 1 May 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 8 May 2025

    Answer published

    The Department supports effective patient care handovers between general practitioners (GPs), dentists, and eye clinics through existing frameworks. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) 2018 guideline Emergency and acute medical ...

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