Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will urgently allocate funding to the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust to develop a strategic business case for the FutureFit Programme once the trust has submitted a request for that funding and subject to the necessary approvals.

We remain committed to supporting Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust’s Future Fit scheme and have previously confirmed approval in principle of £6 million of early funding to continue to develop the sustainability and transformation partnership scheme. Once approval is granted, this funding will be provided to the Trust in the usual way.