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GP Surgeries

Commons · Question 24598 · Tabled 16 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 23 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Freddie van Mierlo

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of Integrated Care Boards taking steps to help general practitioners set up new practices.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 23 Jan 2025

Integrated care boards (ICBs) have a delegated responsibility for planning and commissioning healthcare services to meet the reasonable needs of the people for whom they are responsible. ICBs should evaluate the needs of the populations for which they are...