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Beccy Cooper

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Point of Order
Tuesday 19th November 2024

(1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Wes Streeting Portrait Wes Streeting
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We have not yet announced allocations for general practice for the year ahead, and we are taking into account all the pressures that general practice is under.

Beccy Cooper Portrait Dr Beccy Cooper (Worthing West) (Lab)
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T10. The renewed focus on prevention in our health system is welcome, but under the previous Government, the public health grant that facilitates much of that work was cut by 28%. Has the Minister, in partnership with the Treasury, considered when we might be able to address that public health funding issue, which is essential to enabling progress in prevention?

Andrew Gwynne Portrait Andrew Gwynne
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We will confirm the 2025-26 local authority public health grant allocations in due course. Local government plays a critical role in delivering the Government’s health mission and driving action on the prevention of ill health. We are committed to working in partnership with local government to tackle the wider determinants of ill health.

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