Question follow-through · 112529
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will set out the agreed definition of being housebound that is used by the NHS; and under what circumstances is a person's status from being classed as housebound.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 10 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 12 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 16 Feb 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Health and care
- Health Services: Recruitment · 11 Sept 2026
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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
10 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will set out the agreed definition of being housebound that is used by the NHS; and under what circumstances is a person's status from being classed as housebound.
12 Feb 2026
Target answer date
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16 Feb 2026
Answer published
It is the responsibility of the commissioner to ensure patients registered with a general practice (GP) have access to urgent care when they are at home and unable to attend the practice they are registered with.Under the GP Contract, GPs are required to ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Health Services: Recruitment
11 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of incentives for recruiting and retaining GPs and other healthcare professionals in rural areas such as Suffolk.