Question reference: S6W-26691
- Date lodged: 4 April 2024
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Current status: Answered by Neil Gray on 23 April 2024
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made on helping to make land and buildings owned and/or operated by the NHS available to local communities to be used to support community health and wellbeing.
Answer
Land and Assets is one of the three main areas of focus for the Anchors workstream of the Place and Wellbeing Programme. All NHS Boards submitted Anchor Strategic Plans in October 2023 setting out how they will maximise their footprint as owners of land and assets, for the benefit of their local population. NHS Boards have also submitted baseline metrics on their anchor activity, including the proportion of successful assets transfers to date relative to the number received.
We will use this feedback, working with NHS Scotland and the community sector, to understand what further support or guidance we can put in place at a national level to enable more community organisations to use, lease or take on NHS assets for the benefit of local communities.