General Practitioners: Rural Areas
Commons · Question 34202 · Tabled 26 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Ben Maguire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) train, (b) recruit and (c) retain GPs in (i) North Cornwall constituency and (ii) other rural areas.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 7 Mar 2025
We acknowledge the urgent challenge of ensuring that rural areas, including North Cornwall, have the resources to continue serving their patients. To address this, we will increase capacity in general practice (GP) and ensure that rural areas have the nec...