PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Department of Health and Social Care: NHS Property Board (13 September 2018)

The NHS Property Board has been established to provide leadership and strategic direction to the National Health Service on estates matters. As part of this, it will seek to ensure that estates issues are appropriately addressed in the long-term plan being developed by the NHS. The NHS Property Board and its constituent members are ensuring that local estates plans, supported by the strategic estates planning team, are grounded in local clinical strategies and adaptable to changes in demand. The Board is chaired by the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health (Lord O’Shaughnessy). He has chaired six of the seven Board meetings that have taken place in 2018 but was unable to attend the July meeting due to parliamentary business. No other Ministers have attended any meetings. The Board also includes senior representatives from the Department of Health and Social Care and other key Government Departments, NHS England, NHS Improvement, NHS Property Services and Community Health Partnerships. Meetings of the NHS Property Board are held in closed session due to the confidential nature of items discussed.