Written questions

Gaza: Health Services

Commons · Question 13246 · Tabled 8 Nov 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 21 Nov 2024

Question

Asked by Ian Byrne

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the adequacy of the (a) capacity of (i) hospitals and (ii) primary health care centres and (b) avai

Answer

Answered by Hamish Falconer, 21 Nov 2024

We remain gravely concerned about the deteriorating health provision in Gaza, particularly in the north. It is unacceptable that northern Gaza now has no fully functioning hospitals. On 5 November, I reiterated this in a call with Israel's Ambassador to t...