Select committee: Public Accounts Committee
Conclusion 19
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 NHP programme business case assumes a 6% average increase in overnight beds across all 28 schemes that the Department plans to build to the Hospital 2.0 design. Across eight schemes where the Department has carried out detailed modelling, the increase in the total number of beds planned for the new hospitals ranges from 1% to 34%, an average increase of 12%.40 34 Q 47 35 Letter from DHSC, 23 February 2026 36 NHS Providers (NHP0003) 37 Qq 45 and 48 38 Qq 48-49 39 Q 17 40 C&AG’s report, para 3.12 and Figure 12 14
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).