Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 14471

General Practitioners: Closures and Mergers

Tabled: 15 November 2024

Answered: 22 November 2024

Named Day

Question

Mr Richard Holden

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has statutory powers to prevent the (a) merger and (b) closure of GP services.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

The Health and Care Act 2022 included new powers in the National Health Service Act 2006, giving my Rt. Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, increased oversight of, and the option for earlier involvement in reconfiguration of se...

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