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General Practitioners and Nurses: North Cornwall

Commons · Question 58472 · Tabled 9 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 16 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Ben Maguire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the challenges in the recruitment of (a) General Practitioners and (b) GP nurses in (i) North Cornwall constituency and (ii) rural areas.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 16 Jun 2025

We acknowledge the urgent challenge of ensuring that rural areas such as those in North Cornwall have the resources needed to service their patients, and to ensure that patients can access primary healthcare. To address this, we are increasing capacity in...