Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on capital investment needed to deliver the modernisation of the primary care estate outlined in the Health Infrastructure Plan published on 30 September 2019.

We are having ongoing discussions with the Chancellor about capital investment in the National Health Service, including primary care.

In September 2019, the Government announced the next stage of our strategic investment in the future of the NHS: the Health Infrastructure Plan (HIP). The HIP will ensure our world-class healthcare staff have world-class facilities to deliver cutting edge care.

As part of this, the Government recognises that more community and primary care is pivotal to the delivery of more personalised, preventative healthcare as set out in the NHS Long Term Plan.

The Department will receive a multi-year capital settlement at the next capital review, which will help the Department and the NHS to deliver the ambitions of the HIP.