Department of Health and Social Care

written question – answered on 26 November 2021.

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  • General Practitioners: Recruitment

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  • General Practitioners: Standards

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  • General Practitioners: Standards

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  • General Practitioners: Labour Turnover

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the rate of retention of female GPs.

  • Mental Health: Research

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  • General Practitioners: Labour Turnover

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  • General Practitioners: Recruitment

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support the recruitment and training of more GPs.

  • General Practitioners

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help increase the number of GP surgery appointments available to the public.

  • Cancer: Health Services

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  • Maternity Services: Finance

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  • Kidney Diseases: Dialysis Machines

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  • Breast Cancer: Screening

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  • Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva: Research

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  • NHS and Social Services: Vacancies

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