Written questions

Health Services: Rural Areas

Commons · Question 224 · Tabled 17 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 24 Jul 2024

Question

Asked by Alicia Kearns

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve healthcare (a) access and (b) outcomes in rural communities.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 24 Jul 2024

The Department has asked distinguished surgeon Professor Lord Darzi to investigate the problems that are affecting the National Health Service. The Government will then begin work on an ambitious programme of action, a 10-year plan to put the NHS back on ...