Question follow-through · 11997
Health Services: Disadvantaged
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to help reduce barriers for adults on lower incomes attempting to access NHS care.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 22 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 24 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 29 Jun 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Health and care
- General Practitioners: Fraud · 7 Jul 2026
- Screening: Medical Equipment · 7 Jul 2026
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
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
These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.
Recorded timeline
22 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to help reduce barriers for adults on lower incomes attempting to access NHS care.
24 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Jun 2026
Answer published
National Health Services are free at the point of use for those ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom, except for certain charges, such as NHS prescriptions in England and dental charges across the UK.Many schemes are available to help reduce barriers...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
General Practitioners: Fraud
7 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to prevent fraud by GP Consortia.
Screening: Medical Equipment
7 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans exist for replacing outdated scanning machines as part of the programme for doubling capacity.