Select committee: Public Accounts Committee
Conclusion 13
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)
The Department also said it would have preferred to complete the replacement hospitals sooner, but delivery speed had been constrained by market capacity. The Department said that it was confident, however, that it would be able to deliver the RAAC hospitals despite constraints in construction skills and capabilities. The Department was working to build market capacity through its contractor framework, with contracts to be awarded over the next couple of months. The Department also said that large contractors from Europe would be involved to further increase capacity.25 17 Mott MacDonald, RAAC 5 Deep Dive Report, April 2022 18 C&AG’s Report, para 2.8; Mott MacDonald, RAAC strategic planning: assessment of the RAAC 7 hospitals, December 2025 19 C&AG’s report, Figure 9 20 C&AG’s Report, para 2.8 21 Q 12 22 Hleb Buziuk (NHP0001) 23 Mott MacDonald, RAAC strategic planning: assessment of the RAAC 7 hospitals, December 2025 24 Qq 3 and 9 25 Q 13 11
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).