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Community Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria the Department used to determine which providers were included in the Neighbourhood Health Framework; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the exclusion of optom
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 13 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 20 Apr 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria the Department used to determine which providers were included in the Neighbourhood Health Framework; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the exclusion of optom
15 Apr 2026
Target answer date
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20 Apr 2026
Answer published
The Neighbourhood Health Framework is designed to provide clarity and consistency to integrated care boards (ICBs), local authorities, and their partners, in developing and scaling neighbourhood health.General practice, primary care, pharmacies, mental he...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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