Health and Social Care

Karin Smyth Excerpts

Tuesday 20th October 2026 Written Corrections

The following extract is from the Westminster Hall debate on Underperforming NHS Trusts: Government Oversight on 14 October 2026.

[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.