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General Practitioners: Brighton

Asked by Siân BerryGreen PartyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 26 January 2026UIN 106818

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GP practice (a) closures and (b) mergers there have been in (i) Brighton Pavilion constituency and (ii) the Brighton and Hove local authority area since 2016.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

The Department does not hold data on the number of general practice closures and mergers that there have been in the Brighton Pavilion constituency and the Brighton and Hove local authority area since 2016. This data is held by the NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board.

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