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Baroness Merron (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 17 March 2025

Debate

Primary Healthcare Facilities

Contribution

I can assure my noble friend that we are working closely with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to raise the importance of primary care provision in the planning process, as my noble friend has highlighted. That is to influence the direction of local plans, as well as maximise contributions from developers. We very much support using existing community spaces, which is a creative solution to deliver primary healthcare services, and we are exploring through the 10-year health plan how to further support the integration of services into the wider public estate to improve access. Indeed, we will consider all solutions, including the ones that my noble friend highlights.

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