Hospitals: Construction

(asked on 15th October 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made against the Government's commitment to build 40 new hospitals by 2030.


Answered by
Edward Argar Portrait
Edward Argar
Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
This question was answered on 22nd October 2021

In October 2020, we announced details of 40 schemes supported by an initial £3.7 billion for the first four years of the 10-year programme. This confirmed 32 schemes and an open process to determine a further eight new hospitals was launched in July. In addition, eight previously announced schemes have also been brought into the programme, which will result in 48 hospitals by 2030. At present, six of the 48 hospitals are now in construction, with one now completed.

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