Question follow-through · 107685
Community Health Services: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2025 to Question 90706, how the Neighbourhood Health Service will improve access to care in rural areas and communities with poor digital connectivity or low d
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 22 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 26 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 3 Feb 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
22 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2025 to Question 90706, how the Neighbourhood Health Service will improve access to care in rural areas and communities with poor digital connectivity or low d
26 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Feb 2026
Answer published
The Neighbourhood Health Service will make it easier for people to access care closer to where they live, including in neighbourhood health centres. Delivery will be locally led, with systems determining how neighbourhood health is designed to meet local ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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