Question follow-through · 101693

Speech and Language Therapy: North Cornwall

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the adequacy of the availability of (a) speech and (b) language therapists in North Cornwall constituency.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
18 Dec 2025
Target answer date
5 Jan 2026
Answer
6 Jan 2026 · 19 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 18 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the adequacy of the availability of (a) speech and (b) language therapists in North Cornwall constituency.

  2. 5 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 6 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    Community health services, including speech and language therapy, are locally commissioned to enable systems to best meet the needs of their communities.North Cornwall Speech and Language therapist services are commissioned through the National Health Ser...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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