Select Committee · Health and Social Care Committee

Delivering the Neighbourhood Health Service: Estates

Status: Open Opened: 12 Dec 2025

Inquiry scope

The Committee is holding an inquiry into what is needed from the NHS estate to deliver the Government’s vision of a ‘Neighbourhood Health Service’ — shifting care from hospitals to integrated, preventative services in local communities. Currently, 11% of the NHS estate is older than the NHS itself and many providers report that ageing premises are unsuitable to deliver community health services. The Committee’s inquiry will examine the physical infrastructure requirements to realise this shift, which includes the establishment of ‘Neighbourhood Health Centres’ in every community. It will explore whether current estate plans, funding and leasing systems, and delivery models are suitable, as well as the risks and opportunities of Public-Private Partnerships. This includes lessons from past models such as PFI. The inquiry will assess how existing NHS buildings can be repurposed, the role of new builds, and the use of non-NHS spaces to deliver the community-based care. It will consider the needs of all communities, including those in rural or underserved areas. The Committee invites written evidence from Friday 12 December until 11.59pm on Friday 13 February.

Oral evidence sessions

2 sessions

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Date	Session and witnesses	Source
1 Jul 2026	Oral Evidence Bill Shields · 'DLN' ICB Cluster, Dr Jamie Hynes · Royal College of General Practitioners, Dr Louisa Wood · Mereside Medical, Joe Garrod · London Borough of Waltham Forest, Rob James · Primary Health Properties PLC, Sam Pluckrose-Oliver · Locality	View ↗
15 Apr 2026	Oral Evidence Barry White · Infrastructure Managers Limited, Beccy Baird · King's Fund, Dr Mark Hellowell · University of Edinburgh, Lord John Hutton · The Association of Infrastructure Investors in Public Private Partnerships (AIIP), Martin Steele · NHS Property Services, Ruth Rankine · The NHS Alliance	View ↗

Written evidence

64 submissions recorded

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Reference	Date	Submitter
DNE0066 Full text not held	2 Sep 2026	Department of Health and Social Care
DNE0067 Full text not held	2 Sep 2026	NHS Property Services
DNE0065 Full text not held	21 Apr 2026	Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester
DNE0064 Full text not held	31 Mar 2026	Evondos Group
DNE0006 Full text not held	31 Mar 2026	Anonymised
DNE0063 Full text not held	18 Mar 2026	FuneralExperts
DNE0062 Full text not held	18 Mar 2026	Local Government Association
DNE0061 Full text not held	18 Mar 2026	Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
DNE0060 Full text not held	18 Mar 2026	Archus
DNE0059 Full text not held	18 Mar 2026	The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
DNE0058 Full text not held	18 Mar 2026	The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
DNE0057 Full text not held	18 Mar 2026	South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust
DNE0056 Full text not held	18 Mar 2026	York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
DNE0055 Full text not held	18 Mar 2026	Mencap (Royal Mencap Society)
DNE0054 Full text not held	18 Mar 2026	Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
DNE0053 Full text not held	18 Mar 2026	British Medical Association (BMA)
DNE0052 Full text not held	18 Mar 2026	Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust
DNE0051 Full text not held	18 Mar 2026	Priory (UK provider of mental health, addiction and working-age adult social care services)
DNE0050 Full text not held	18 Mar 2026	Swim England
DNE0049 Full text not held	18 Mar 2026	Independent Healthcare Providers Network
DNE0048 Full text not held	18 Mar 2026	One Gloucestershire Integrated Care System
DNE0047 Full text not held	18 Mar 2026	Galliford Try Construction
DNE0046 Full text not held	18 Mar 2026	LocatED Property Ltd
DNE0045 Full text not held	18 Mar 2026	Mr Clive Jones, House of Commons
DNE0044 Full text not held	18 Mar 2026	Mereside Medical
DNE0043 Full text not held	18 Mar 2026	Lisa King
DNE0042 Full text not held	18 Mar 2026	NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board
DNE0041 Full text not held	18 Mar 2026	People's Health Trust
DNE0040 Full text not held	18 Mar 2026	NHS Property Services Ltd
DNE0039 Full text not held	18 Mar 2026	NHS Dorset ICB
DNE0038 Full text not held	18 Mar 2026	British Property Federation
DNE0037 Full text not held	18 Mar 2026	Hospice UK
DNE0036 Full text not held	18 Mar 2026	UKactive
DNE0034 Full text not held	18 Mar 2026	Primary Health Properties PLC
DNE0033 Full text not held	18 Mar 2026	Equitix Limited
DNE0032 Full text not held	11 Mar 2026	Mental Health Matters
DNE0031 Full text not held	11 Mar 2026	ChurchWorks (Good Faith Partnership)
DNE0030 Full text not held	11 Mar 2026	The NHS Confederation and NHS Providers
DNE0029 Full text not held	11 Mar 2026	The Pharmacists' Defence Association
DNE0027 Full text not held	11 Mar 2026	RABI - the Farmers Charity
DNE0026 Full text not held	11 Mar 2026	National LGBT Partnership
DNE0025 Full text not held	11 Mar 2026	OneMedical Property
DNE0024 Full text not held	11 Mar 2026	Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care System Primary Care Team
DNE0023 Full text not held	11 Mar 2026	University of the West of England
DNE0022 Full text not held	11 Mar 2026	Yorkshire Cancer Research
DNE0020 Full text not held	11 Mar 2026	UNISON
DNE0019 Full text not held	11 Mar 2026	The LIFT Council
DNE0018 Full text not held	11 Mar 2026	Fedcap
DNE0017 Full text not held	11 Mar 2026	Healthwatch England
DNE0016 Full text not held	11 Mar 2026	Royal College of Paramedics

Who gave evidence

12 witnesses

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Witness	Organisation	Sessions
Barry White · Chair	Infrastructure Managers Limited	1
Beccy Baird · Senior Fellow	King's Fund	1
Bill Shields · Executive Director of Finance	'DLN' ICB Cluster	1
Dr Jamie Hynes · Vice President, Member Standards	Royal College of General Practitioners	1
Dr Louisa Wood · Chief Operating Officer	Mereside Medical	1
Dr Mark Hellowell · Senior Lecturer and Director of the Global Health Unit	University of Edinburgh	1
Joe Garrod · Strategic Director of Place	London Borough of Waltham Forest	1
Lord John Hutton · Chair	The Association of Infrastructure Investors in Public Private Partnerships (AIIP)	1
Martin Steele · CEO	NHS Property Services	1
Rob James · Group Development Director	Primary Health Properties PLC	1
Ruth Rankine · Director, Primary Care Network Director and Community Network and SRO for Neighbourhood Health	The NHS Alliance	1
Sam Pluckrose-Oliver · Policy and Public Affairs Manager	Locality	1