PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
NHS: Capital Investment (6 July 2023)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 5.43 of The Hewitt Review: An independent review of integrated care systems, published on 4 April 2023, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a cross-government review of the NHS capital regime.

Asked by:
Karin Smyth (Labour)

As set out in our response to the Hewitt Review, the Department agrees with the need for a review of the National Health Service capital regime, specifically for those areas not covered in detail by the independent review in 2021.

This includes considering how we set an overall strategic direction for NHS capital, how the current capital regime operates for primary care, clarifying the position on new private finance and improving the data held and management of the NHS estate.

We will set out next steps in due course.

Answered by:
Will Quince (Conservative)
12 July 2023