Clinics: Rural Areas
Commons · Question 81857 · Tabled 14 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve mobile clinic provision in rural areas.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 20 Nov 2025
The integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for the planning and commissioning of health services, including mobile clinic services.In doing so ICBs must take into account the needs of their local population, which includes meeting the healthcare ne...