Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Secondary Care during the debate on Underperforming NHS Trusts: Government Oversight of 14 October 2026, column 184WH, if she will publish (a) the proposed size of the new neighbourhood health centre in Maldon, (b) the services that will be available there, (c) the budget to be allocated and (d) the timeline for its construction.

The Department and NHS England are engaging with the Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust on their clinical strategy, including its proposals for a potential neighbourhood health centre in Maldon. The Department has received neighbourhood health centre proposals from integrated care boards and regions and is considering the overall future pipeline. Nationally, no final decisions have been made yet on which further schemes will proceed and within which time period. Further announcements will be made in due course.