Comment

Representation ID: 1699

Received: 10/09/2014

Respondent: NHS England Essex Area Team

NHS England was consulted in the preparation of the Council's Infrastructure Delivery Plan (IDP) prior to the publication of this Preliminary Draft Charging Schedule. The initial response is reported in the IDP by Navigus Planning in June 2014, which outlined that a fee of £624,000 would be required to increase capacity and provision, in line with the Essex Primary Care Strategy, Transforming Primary Care in Essex, to meet the planned growth. However, the healthcare landscape has
changed to a degree, with the NHS Premises Strategy moving forward and coming closer to formal publication. In addition to general healthcare needs within Southend-on-Sea and the requirement of increased capacity to meet growth, there is potential for further major projects that will require funding.