Question follow-through · 95549
Cirencester Hospital
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support Cirencester Hospital.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 28 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 9 Jan 2026 · 42 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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- 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
28 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support Cirencester Hospital.
2 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Jan 2026
Answer published
Decisions about NHS services, including in Cirencester, are best taken at a local level, and the responsibility for the delivery, implementation and funding decisions for services ultimately rests with the appropriate NHS commissioner. All service changes...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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