| Heading: |
General Practitioners: Rural Areas |
| Question ID: |
1815511 |
| UIN: |
61998 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-23 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5350 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Ben Maguire
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| Asking Member handle: |
BenMaguireNC
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@BenMaguireNC
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) recruit and (b) retain General Practitioner doctors in (i) North Cornwall constituency and (ii) other rural areas. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-01 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4359 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Stephen Kinnock
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| Answering Member handle: |
skinnock
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@skinnock
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Correcting Member display name: |
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| Answer text: |
In the North Cornwall constituency, as of 30 April 2025, there were 61.5 full time equivalent (FTE) doctors in general practices (GPs), an increase of 2.4 FTE compared to April 2024.We acknowledge the urgent challenge of ensuring that rural areas have the... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |