Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many responses she received to the consultation on proposed Multi-Neighbourhood Provider and Single Neighbourhood Provider contracting models to support neighbourhood health services; and when she plans to respond.

I refer the Rt Hon Member to the statements we made when announcing the Neighbourhood Health Framework in March and to further guidance published in April with regard to neighbourhood health centres, which is available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/neighbourhood-health-centres/

NHS England received 1,027 responses via the Citizen Space platform to the consultation on proposed multi-neighbourhood provider and single neighbourhood provider contracting models to support neighbourhood health services. NHS England also received additional written responses which it regarded as responses to the consultation.

We will provide further information to Parliament in due course as the detail of our plans is set out, including on the outcome of our consultation activities in this area.