Question follow-through · 6916
Health Services: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that healthcare (a) standards in rural and semi-rural towns and villages meet the same standards as in cities and (b) in Bromsgrove constituency meets the highest
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 4 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 8 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 1 Jul 2026 · 27 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that healthcare (a) standards in rural and semi-rural towns and villages meet the same standards as in cities and (b) in Bromsgrove constituency meets the highest
8 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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1 Jul 2026
Answer published
The Government is restoring the founding promise of the National Health Service, to bring quality healthcare to all, regardless of how much you earn or where you live. Local integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for the design and commissioning of...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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