Community Hospitals
Commons · Question 1640 · Tabled 14 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 1 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by James McMurdock
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has for community hospitals to deliver urgent and primary care services.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 1 Jun 2026
There are no plans to require all community hospitals to provide urgent or primary care services.Urgent services are already provided in the community by urgent community response (UCR) teams. UCR teams provide urgent care to adults in their homes helping...