Question follow-through · 69658
General Practitioners: Coastal Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve GP services in coastal communities.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 21 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 2 Sept 2025 · 43 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve GP services in coastal communities.
1 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Sept 2025
Answer published
Through our 10-Year Health Plan, it will be easier and faster to see a general practitioner (GP). We will end the 8:00am scramble for appointments, train more doctors, and will guarantee a consultation within 24 hours for those who need one. It is importa...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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