Health Services: Children
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Child health GP hubs on access to specialists in local GP settings.
Answered by Stephen Kinnock
We will trial neighbourhood health centres to bring together a range of services, ensuring healthcare is closer to home and patients receive the care they deserve. This is part of our broader ambition to move towards a neighbourhood health service, with more care delivered in local communities to spot problems earlier. They will bring together existing services such as family doctors, district nurses, social workers, physiotherapists, palliative care, and mental health specialists.
We have also made changes to the Medical Performers List to remove barriers preventing secondary care doctors working in primary care, which would allow paediatricians to deliver care in general practice settings as part of a multidisciplinary team.
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