Karin Smyth
The clinical strategy will make greater use of neighbourhood and community care in line with our 10-year plan and focus on maternity and planned care treatment. This is backed by £80 million for Southend hospital’s long-standing structural estate problems and support for a neighbourhood health centre in Maldon.
[Official Report, 14 October 2026; Vol. 791, c. 184WH.]
Written correction submitted by the Minister for Secondary Care, the hon. Member for Bristol South (Karin Smyth):
Karin Smyth
The clinical strategy will make greater use of neighbourhood and community care in line with our 10-year plan and focus on maternity and planned care treatment. This is backed by support to develop an estimated £80 million scheme to address Southend hospital’s long-standing structural estate problems and support for a neighbourhood health centre in Maldon.