Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 112529
Disability
Tabled: 10 February 2026
Answered: 16 February 2026
Question
Patrick Spencer
Conservative — Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will set out the agreed definition of being housebound that is used by the NHS; and under what circumstances is a person's status from being classed as housebound.
Answer
Stephen KinnockIt is the responsibility of the commissioner to ensure patients registered with a general practice (GP) have access to urgent care when they are at home and unable to attend the practice they are registered with.Under the GP Contract, GPs are required to ...
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