Mark Menzies – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Menzies on 2015-10-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to provide sufficient health services in Lancashire to meet increased demand from new residents of large housing developments in Fylde.

Ben Gummer

It is the responsibility of local commissioners to plan, develop and provide NHS services according to the healthcare needs of their local populations.

NHS England advises that both Fylde and Wyre borough councils have received feedback on their proposed housing development plans from the local clinical commissioning group (Fylde and Wyre CCG). We understand that this requested that planning policies acknowledge the need for existing primary care centres to expand to meet the needs of a growing local population. Should those existing sites not be capable of expansion, the CCG has requested support for new sites in those areas.