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Health and Social Care Bill

I am sorry to press the Minister on the point I made about homeless families who are placed in different boroughs or areas by their local authority. Under the present system, the GP practice where the family was originally based would wash its hands of that family and say, ““You are no longer in my area””. Is the Minister saying that wherever a family has been placed, it would still be able to retain the services of the GP where it originated from or would they have to register with a practice close to the temporary accommodation in which they may have been placed. Such placements can last for many years. Will the family have to seek a GP close to where they have been placed or could they still use the GP services from whence they came?

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Reference

731 c1272 

Session

2010-12

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber
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