Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects the agreement between the BMA and NHS Property Services concerning the leases given to GP practice to be concluded.
The annual rental income received from general practitioners (GPs) in 2017/18 was £54 million.
NHS Property Services has 1,215 GP tenants. NHS Property Services has recorded the following number of complaints from GP tenants over the last three years:
2016/17 – 24
2017/18 - 52
2018/19 (to date) - 34
Agreeing leases with individual GPs is an ongoing process.