Hospitals: Construction
Commons · Question 58727 · Tabled 10 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by James Wild
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the average lifespan of hospitals that will be built under the New Hospitals Programme.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 18 Jun 2025
The New Hospital Programme is transforming the way that hospital infrastructure is constructed by using a national standardised approach, called Hospital 2.0. The average lifespan of new hospitals is expected to be in excess of 50 years, and is being desi...