Select committee: Public Accounts Committee
Conclusion 15
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 aims to build hospitals in the programme to a new, standardised hospital design called Hospital 2.0. It expects the new hospitals to be more efficient to operate, digitally-enabled and to provide each patient with their own single bedroom. The Hospital 2.0 design was originally due to be completed in December 2023 which proved unachievable.30 We asked the Department whether it was still on track to complete the Hospital 2.0 design by spring 2026 as reported by the NAO. It said that Hospital 2.0 would be fully assured and complete by summer 2026 and that the design had been available for trusts to use for some time to allow them to develop their business cases.31
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).