Oral QuestionDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

“What estimate he has made of the comparative cost of a new local authority-built (a) two bedroom flat and (b) a three bedroom house.”

Tabled: 1 March 2022Answered: 7 March 2022

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Answer from Hansard

The Minister for Care (Stephen Kinnock)

The Darzi investigation found that NHS resources are too focused on hospitals at the expense of community care. Our reforms will turn the NHS into more of a neighbourhood health service. We have already recruited an extra 2,000 more GPs, we are rolling out 700,000 extra dental appointments, and we have agreed a new contract of investment and reform for community pharmacy. As part of our 10-year plan, we will be rolling out neighbourhood health centres across the country, starting with the places that are in the greatest need.