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Health Professions: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 16 October 2025 to written question 79814, if he will publish minimum service expectations for rural communities.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
2 Jan 2026
Target answer date
6 Jan 2026
Answer
20 Jan 2026 · 18 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 16 October 2025 to written question 79814, if he will publish minimum service expectations for rural communities.

  2. 6 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 20 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    As noted in the answer of 16 October 2025 to Question 79814, we expect neighbourhood teams and services to be designed in a way that reflects the specific needs of local populations. We will share further guidance to support systems, including those in ru...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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