Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to engage with mutually run healthcare providers to understand the barriers they face in growing their services and supporting the National Health Service and patients with quicker access to healthcare.

The 10-Year Health Plan envisages a new plurality of provision of healthcare services where integrated care boards (ICBs) engage and actively develop a provider landscape that encourages innovation and new forms of ventures.

During 2026/27, a Strategic Commissioning Development Programme will provide practical support to ICBs to help them hone their commissioning, market development, and analytical skills and understand the levers available to commission sustainable neighbourhood health services which reflect the value and potential of mutual ventures and voluntary, community, faith, and social enterprise organisations in transforming how services are delivered.