NHS: Land
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many sites recorded in the NHS Surplus Land data collection since 2020 were previously used as community hospitals; and how many of those have subsequently been disposed of.
Answered by Karin Smyth
We routinely collect National Health Service surplus land data and currently publish it on a bi-annual basis. The following table shows the NHS surplus land statistics by year, sorted by recorded surplus or potentially surplus land plots, and disposed plots, from 2020/21 to 2024/25:
Year | Recorded surplus or potentially surplus land plots | Disposed plots |
2020/21 | 610 | 82 |
2021/22 | 441 | 67 |
2022/23 | 368 | 54 |
2024/25 | 356 | 69 |
For further information on how we define our data, the specific sites and type of infrastructure, including community hospitals, that were sold during these years is available at local integrated care boards and at the following link:
https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-surplus-land
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