Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Primary Care Data Gathering Programme carried out for NHS England between 2020 and 2022 relating to the condition of GP practice estates, if he will publish findings on (a) premises ownership, (b) backlog maintenance, (c) site usage, (d) age of premises, (e) EPC/DEC ratings, (f) condition of estate, (g) premises suitability, (h) decontamination and infection control compliance, (i) clinical rooms and (j) compliance with (i) statutory and contractual standards on health and safety, (ii) asbestos, (iii) the Equality Act, (iv) risk management and (v) business continuity.
The data collected through the Primary Care Data Gathering Programme will be used locally by integrated care boards to develop their Infrastructure Strategies which will be submitted to NHS England by March 2024. NHS England does not intend to publish practice-level data.