Select Committee · Public Accounts Committee

New Hospital Programme

Status: Closed Opened: 20 Jul 2023 Closed: 8 Mar 2024 1 recommendation 41 conclusions 1 report

The New Hospital Programme was set up in 2020 to build 40 new hospitals in England by 2030. It has £3.7 billion in capital funding for this for up to March 2025, with more to be provided for the following five years. The Programme is also intended to transform how NHS healthcare infrastructure is built, …

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
First Report - The New Hospital Programme HC 77 17 Nov 2023 42 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
10 Conclusion First Report - The New Hospital Program… Not Addressed

DHSC's confidential hospital construction schedule indicates extensive simultaneous building by 2030.

After the evidence session, DHSC provided us with its current detailed schedule showing the approval and construction stages for each scheme to be completed by 2030. DHSC told us that this would be subject to detailed re-planning which is underway and asked us not to publish the information on the …

Government response. The government provides a generic statement about its commitment to rational decisions and balancing information protection, but does not address the committee's specific concerns about the feasibility of the construction schedule or contractor capacity.
HM Treasury

Oral evidence sessions

1 session
Date Witnesses
7 Sep 2023 Amanda Pritchard · NHS England, Julian Kelly · NHS England, Natalie Forrest · Department of Health and Social Care, Professor Sir Stephen Powis · NHS England, Shona Dunn · Home Office View ↗

Correspondence

2 letters
DateDirectionTitle
26 Feb 2024 Correspondence from Shona Dunn, Second Permanent Secretary, Department of Healt…
16 Oct 2023 Correspondence from Shona Dunn, Second Permanent Secretary, Department for Heal…