Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships: Tyne and Wear

(asked on 23rd November 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to paragraph 6.8 of the Autumn Budget 2017, how much of the £2.6 billion funding will be allocated as part of the Sustainability and Transformation Plans to (a) South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust and (b) City Hospitals Sunderland.


Answered by
Philip Dunne Portrait
Philip Dunne
This question was answered on 1st December 2017

The Budget announcement was made on 22 November 2017 containing £3.5 billion of capital investment for buildings and facilities in the National Health Service in England by 2022-23, including £2.6 billion for locally-led Sustainability and Transformation Plans.

The Government has provisionally allocated over £200 million to 12 of the highest quality schemes subject to business case approval. Neither South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust or City Hospitals Sunderland are in the 12 initial schemes, details of which can be found here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/funding-for-local-groups-of-nhs-organisations-sustainability-and-transformation-partnerships

The Department is working with NHS England and NHS Improvement on the detail around how the further funding will be allocated to local areas.

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