Oral Answers to Questions

Andrew Selous Excerpts

Wednesday 28th February 2024 Commons Chamber

[The Prime Minister]

That is no way to talk about the Welsh farming community.

[Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire) (Con)]

Q14. My integrated care board tells me that only £2 million of the £120 million of capital that it receives annually is for primary care, which seems an unfairly small amount for our amazing family doctors and practice nurses who are, after all, the front door of the NHS. Can our local general practitioners have a greater share?

[The Prime Minister]

I thank my hon. Friend for his excellent and continued campaigning on health provision for his constituents. On his specific point, integrated care boards have the power to increase their primary care annual capital management budget, so long as they keep within the overall budget. I understand that he met a Health Minister earlier this week to discuss this further, and I will make sure that his proposals are very carefully considered.