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General Practitioners: Working Hours

Asked by Rachel GilmourLiberal DemocratDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 24 January 2025UIN 25078

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the support for out of hours doctors services in (a) Tiverton and Minehead constituency and (b) England.

Answered by Karin Smyth

No such assessment has been made by the Department. The commissioning of out of hours services, and to what extent those services are supported, is the responsibility of local commissioners in partnership with their providers, and in the best interest of their populations.

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