A question on #ChronicIllnesses #HealthServices tabled by Peter Prinsley on 12-03-2025 has been answered by Stephen Kinnock.

Heading: Chronic Illnesses: Health Services
Question ID: 1784123
UIN: 37971
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-03-12
Asking Member ID: 5163
Asking Member display name: Peter Prinsley
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Peter Prinsley
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to ensure people with long-term health conditions can access care services near their home.
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Date answered: 2025-03-24
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Answering Member ID: 4359
Answering Member display name: Stephen Kinnock
Answering Member handle: skinnock
Answering Member Twitter reference: @skinnock
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Answer text: Local authorities have a statutory duty to shape their care markets and deliver services to meet diverse local needs. In performing that duty, a local authority must have regard to current and likely future demand for such services and consider how provid...
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Answering body ID: 17
Answering body name: Department of Health and Social Care
Tweeted: true