PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
NHS Property and Estates Review (7 February 2018)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will pause any further attempts by NHS Foundation Trusts to form wholly owned companies to deliver facilities and estates management services to avoid further fragmentation of the service and help enable a consistent approach to the NHS Estates Strategy as set out in the Naylor Review and accepted in the Government’s response to that review.

Asked by:
Karin Smyth (Labour)

National Health Service organisations are responsible for deciding locally the most appropriate structures they need to deliver services to their patients within available resources and they must do so in line with the appropriate guidance. Commissioners and regulators are responsible for ensuring that NHS providers act in the best interests of patients and taxpayers, and this includes working with them to ensure that the Government’s response to the Naylor Review is implemented.

Answered by:
Steve Barclay (Conservative)
20 February 2018