Question follow-through · 1640
Community Hospitals
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has for community hospitals to deliver urgent and primary care services.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 14 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 May 2026
- Answer
- 1 Jun 2026 · 18 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has for community hospitals to deliver urgent and primary care services.
18 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Jun 2026
Answer published
There are no plans to require all community hospitals to provide urgent or primary care services.Urgent services are already provided in the community by urgent community response (UCR) teams. UCR teams provide urgent care to adults in their homes helping...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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