Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the financial situation of NHS organisations in Devon.

This is a matter for the National Health Service.

Devon is one of eleven financially challenged health economies to be provided with support by NHS England, Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority under the Intensive Planning Support Programme. The report of this work, along with planning guidance, was published in December 2014.

System-wide solutions to address the financial problems within the local health economy are currently being worked up under the Local NHS Futures Programme.

We hold meetings with NHS England on a regular basis to discuss a wide range of issues, including NHS services in the South West of England.