Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with NHS leaders on (a) the adequacy of funding for existing provision and (b) support for a wider range of services at Hartismere hospital in Eye.

My Rt. Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, has regular conversations with senior National Health Service leaders. The Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board is responsible for commissioning services at the hospital, and I am advised that they are working with the property owner, NHS Property Services about the future service delivery requirements from the site on this particular issue.

It is the responsibility of the integrated care board to decide whether there is a need for a wider range of services at the hospital based on the needs of the local population. In terms of the adequacy of funding for existing provision, providers of NHS services can discuss with their commissioner appropriate levels of funding for the services they provide.