Question follow-through · 87611
Health: Disadvantaged
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department's policies of the link between access to independent advice and improved health and wellbeing outcomes.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 3 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 10 Nov 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
3 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department's policies of the link between access to independent advice and improved health and wellbeing outcomes.
5 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Nov 2025
Answer published
Our 10-Year Health Plan sets out a range of proposals to help patients get the advice they need, ranging from building artificial intelligence-powered online advice into the NHS App to co-locating National Health Service, local authority, and voluntary se...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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