{"value":{"id":1356830,"askingMemberId":4249,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2021-09-20T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2021-09-23T00:00:00","uin":"51706","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle the challenges of providing healthcare in remote and rural areas.","answeringBodyId":17,"answeringBodyName":"Department of Health and Social Care","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4362,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2021-10-12T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The development of integrated care systems will create a new method of responding to and tackling local challenges, such as delivering healthcare in remote and rual areas. NHS England continues to work with trusts to develop a standard model of delivery in smaller acute hospitals which serve rural populations as part of the NHS Long Term Plan.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":"2021-09-23T00:00:00","attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Health Services: Rural Areas","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1356830","method":"GET"}]}