Question follow-through · 2547
NHS: Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to standardise design approaches for new and refurbished NHS buildings.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 18 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 20 May 2026
- Answer
- 1 Jun 2026 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
18 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to standardise design approaches for new and refurbished NHS buildings.
20 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Jun 2026
Answer published
Local National Health Service organisations are responsible for managing their estates and strategic infrastructure planning, including acquiring and developing new facilities.National guidance is provided to the NHS on how to best maintain their existing...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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