Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what monitoring process will be put in place to assess whether NHS Foundation Trusts are maintaining their facilities effectively.

Data is collected centrally on the estate used by all National Health Service trusts and NHS foundation trusts through a variety of collections including the Estates Return Information Collection and Patient Led Assessment of the Care Environment. This data is used by NHS Regulators amongst others for many purposes including monitoring the safety, quality, effectiveness and efficiency of the NHS estate.

To assist NHS foundation trusts, and NHS trusts, with maintaining their facilities effectively the Department provides the NHS Premises Assurance Model. Further information is available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-premises-assurance-model-launch