Question follow-through · 26975
Advice and Guidance Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the Royal College of Physicians survey finding that 47% of physicians providing Advice and Guidance have no dedicated
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 3 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 7 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 8 Sept 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the Royal College of Physicians survey finding that 47% of physicians providing Advice and Guidance have no dedicated
7 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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8 Sept 2026
Answer published
The Advice and Guidance (A&G) model helps ensure that patients receive an appropriate and timely assessment, with clear next steps, in primary and community settings. Where specialist advice supports ongoing management in the community, patients can o...
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
Later records
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