PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
NHS Property and Estates Review (8 February 2018)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to prevent the establishment of wholly owned companies to manage estates and property management which have been progressed but whose business case does not meet the standards of the published checklist.

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