Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Markus Campbell-Savours (Independent (affiliation)), on Wednesday, 25 February 2026, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 2 members in total.

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Castlegate and Derwent Surgery in Cockermouth (No. 5)

That this House urges NHS England to work closely with the North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) and consider all options for removing the GP contract from the Castlegate and Derwent GP partnership in order to protect patient safety; further urges the Department of Health and Social Care to review the statutory powers available to ICBs to enable timely removal of contracts from failing GP partnerships; requests that Cumberland Council's Health Scrutiny Committee undertake an inquiry into the practice and publicly invite both current and former partners, as well as the ICB, to give evidence; calls upon the sole remaining partner, Dr Desert, to recognise that the current partnership has failed, to hand back the contract, and to allow the ICB to appoint a new partnership capable of providing the safe, high-quality primary care services that the people of Cockermouth deserve; and applauds the dedicated, hard working practice staff who have continued to support patients throughout this difficult period.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

2860 

Session

2024-26

Other sponsors

Peter Lamb

Subjects

General practitioners Cockermouth

Link

View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk