HC Deb 31 October 2002 vol 391 c937W
Andrew George

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding is available from his Department for investment in 100 One-Stop Primary Care centres in(a) all and (b) rural England; and how much was spent in (i) 2000–01, (ii) 2001–02 and (iii) 2002–03 to date in (A) all and (B) rural England. [78407]

Mr. Hutton

The NHS Plan announced that up to £1 billion will be invested in primary care facilities to substantially refurbish or replace 3,000 general practitioner premises and provide 500 one-stop primary care centres, of which 100 are expected to provide services accessible to rural populations, by 2004.

In August 2002 an announcement was made that £22 million of public capital was to be used to accelerate 100 one-stop primary care centre schemes for completion in 2003.