PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Health Services (28 November 2017)

Funding for new primary care centres and healthcare hubs is primarily provided from two sources: the Estates and Technology Transformation Fund (ETTF) which is administered by NHS England; and additional money for schemes that has been announced from the capital Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships (STPs) budget funding.

The ETTF has committed to spend at least £700 million of capital and revenue between 2015/16 to 2019/20 to support investment in infrastructure in general practices, increasing capacity and flexibility of premises to be fit for the future and to implement technology solutions to enable new and improved ways of working. The programme includes new premises, but the split between categories is not centrally available.

The following schemes have been announced to receive funding from the STP capital provided in the Spring Budget and Autumn Budget and relate to the development of primary care centres and healthcare hubs. The funding is contingent on completing the established business case approvals, and the amounts will be finalised at that time.

Spring Budget

- Cotgrave Surgery Integrated Care Hub scheme (Nottingham and Nottinghamshire STP) to provide a new integrated health component of multi-service centre benefitting 12,000 residents of new homes developed in the area.

- North Clacton Primary Care Hub scheme (Suffolk and North East Essex STP) to create three general practitioner practices, Care Closer to home services and a Renal Dialysis Unit.

- Bedford Hospital Primary Care Hub scheme (Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire and Luton STP) to improve GP access for local communities and support urgent care at the hospital’s accident and emergency department.

- Strelley Health Centre Redevelopment (Nottinghamshire STP) to accommodate future growth of existing services plus additional primary, community and social care services including a pharmacy, utilising the current site.

Autumn Budget

- Frimley Out of Hospital Integrated Care Hubs scheme (Frimley Health STP) to enable patients to be treated out of hospital.

- Chiltern and Aylesbury Vale Primary Care Hub scheme (Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West STP) to allow the expansion of community teams and care provision outside of traditional hospital settings in primary care hubs.