Health Services: Rural Areas
Commons · Question 53037 · Tabled 19 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 27 May 2025
Question
Asked by Sir Julian Smith
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to provide mobile health services to support rural agricultural communities where (a) committing and (b) travelling to appointments at set times can be a challenge.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 27 May 2025
Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for commissioning healthcare services that meet the needs of their local populations. When ICBs exercise their functions, they have a duty to reduce inequalities between persons with respect to their ability t...