Select committee: Public Accounts Committee
Conclusion 11
76th Report - New Hospital Programme update
Published 22 Apr 2026
Addressed to HM Treasury
Public Accounts Committee New Hospital Programme update All items in this report Report on parliament.uk ↗ Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗
Conclusion (the committee's words)
By 2025, the Department had already spent £500 million on maintenance and mitigations for RAAC hospitals to ensure patient and staff safety.20 The Department told us it now planned to give NHS trusts with RAAC hospitals a further £440 million to pay for maintenance until the replacement hospitals are finished.21 Written evidence we received highlighted that maintenance work on RAAC hospitals reduces risk but cannot remove it where RAAC planks are inaccessible.22 Between 1% and 6% of RAAC planks are inaccessible at each hospital built from RAAC.23
From: Public Accounts Committee, 76th Report - New Hospital Programme update (HC 1705), 22 April 2026
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 4 August 2026 (deadline 22 June 2026).