PHP Welcomes NHS White Paper

Primary Health Properties PLC
01 February 2006


Primary Health Properties PLC
1 February 2006

                     PRIMARY HEALTH PROPERTIES PLC ('PHP')

                           GOVERNMENT NHS WHITE PAPER

Primary Health Properties ('PHP' or 'the Company') welcomes and supports the
initiatives launched earlier this week by Secretary of State for Health,
Patricia Hewitt, in the Department of Health's White Paper, 'Our Health, our
Care, our Say:  a New Direction for Community Services'.

The Company believes that the Government initiatives will be of benefit to PHP.
Such a major change as detailed by the White Paper would, in the Company's view,
require a significant upgrading of the UK's current primary healthcare estate to
provide the necessary clinical and best practice facilities.

The White Paper proposes greater emphasis on primary care in the treatment of
NHS patients and details "a fundamental shift in focus" whereby five percent of
financial resources (£2.5bn) will be reallocated from secondary (hospitals) to
primary care facilities (GP surgeries, community hospitals) over the next ten
years.

As one of the UK's largest private sector providers of modern primary healthcare
facilities, PHP believes it is well placed to meet this demand. Many of its
properties already fulfil the functions as detailed in the White Paper -
including, for instance, minor surgery, diagnostics, gynaecology, ENT, pharmacy
and social services.

The improvement in primary care facilities in the local community is a key
objective that PHP shares with the Government.

PHP has a strong track record in providing bespoke healthcare centres for the
primary healthcare sector and is committed to increasing its portfolio of
properties across the UK.

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Enquiries:

Bell Pottinger Corporate & Financial
David Rydell/Zoe Sanders
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Primary Health Properties PLC
Harry Hyman, Managing Director
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