Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 June 2022 to Question 15766 on West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust: Finance, whether the £38 million was intended for the renewal of carparking facilities at the Watford General Hospital site; and whether that was provided separately to the request by West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust for £19 million funding to enabling works from the New Hospital Programme in October 2021, including a new pathology building, temporary wards on the Granger Suite at Watford General Hospital and an oxygen plant.

The funding consisted of £32.7 million for the construction of a multi-story carpark at Watford General Hospital and £5.4 million for the installation of a new electronic patient record system. Further requests for funding for enabling works have been received and will be considered subject to the appropriate governance process to ensure maximum value for money.