WESTMINSTER RADAR
Search
My MPs
Menu

Question follow-through · 16206

General Practitioners: Staffordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to ensure residents in a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and b) Staffordshire can access a GP in their local community.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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
6 Jul 2026
Target answer date
8 Jul 2026
Answer
13 Jul 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 6 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to ensure residents in a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and b) Staffordshire can access a GP in their local community.

  2. 8 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    The Government wants everyone to be able to access a primary care professional when they need to. As per the National Health Service constitution, anyone who requires services provided by an NHS general practice (GP) has the right to receive these service...

Open official record

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.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Musculoskeletal Disorders: Health Services

8 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of a cross-governmental strategy for musculoskeletal health.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Disorders: Staffordshire

8 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure people are able to access a timely diagnosis for arthritis and musculoskeletal conditions in (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and b) Staffordshire.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Breast Cancer

8 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to help ensure (a) accessible and (b) sufficient fertility support for women experiencing breast cancer in (i) Newcastle-under-Lyme and (ii)Staffordshire and (iii) En

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

NHS England

28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress her Department has made with the abolition of NHS England.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Osteoporosis: Health Services

28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the support available to people with Osteoporosis in a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and b) Staffordshire.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she will take to ensure that her Department is adequately prepared for Second Reading of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill on 11 September.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Ambulance Services: West Midlands

28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how she will work with the West Midlands Ambulance Service to ensure there are jobs available for newly qualified paramedics in a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and b) Staffordshire.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Ambulance Services: West Midlands

28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the performance of the West Midlands Ambulance Service.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Care Workers: Conditions of Employment and Pay

28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans she has to help improve the pay and conditions of adult social care workers.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Hospitals: Staffordshire

28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help reduce hospital backlogs in Staffordshire.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Health Services: Waiting Lists

28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the number of people waiting for NHS treatment in a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and b) Staffordshire.

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

General Practitioners: Staffordshire

28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to support GPs in a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and b) Staffordshire to spend more time with their patients.