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Abortion Clinics: Safe Access Zones
Monday 20th November 2023

(1 year ago)

Lords Chamber
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Earl Howe Portrait Earl Howe (Con)
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My Lords, it is the turn of the Cross Benches.

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My Lords, it is clear that allowing doctors to spend more time with their patients would permit more searching diagnoses, leading to fewer unnecessary referrals and helping to take some of the pressure off secondary care waiting lists. What allowance has been made for this in the calculation of the total GP requirement?

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