Capital investment for primary care is a welcome down payment on Neighbourhood Health Service

Responding to the announcement of £100 million of capital investment for primary care at the autumn budget 2024, the NHS Confederation's director of primary care Ruth Rankine said:

“Our members working in primary care have been raising concerns about their estate for months with us now, so this specific capital funding for primary care is incredibly welcome.

“With primary care seeing record numbers of patients, this investment will be vital in ensuring increasing patient need can be met. With the Secretary of State setting out the government’s intention to shift towards a Neighbourhood Service, it’s good to see a down payment on this with this focus on out of hospital settings, which is not only best for patients wherever possible but also produces a higher return on investment to the Treasury in gross value added (GVA.)

“We await the full detail on how it will be allocated but given the pressure primary care continues to face and especially as we approach winter, we hope the process will be as straightforward as possible and not bogged down with bureaucracy.”