Question follow-through · 118668
Community Health Services: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of access to community healthcare services in rural areas.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 6 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 10 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 16 Mar 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
6 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of access to community healthcare services in rural areas.
10 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Mar 2026
Answer published
Integrated care boards are responsible for the planning and commissioning of community health services. In doing so, integrated care boards (ICBs) must take into account the needs of their local population, which includes meeting the healthcare needs of t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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