Hospitals: Construction
Commons · Question 7059 · Tabled 4 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by James McMurdock
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the applicability of Hospital 2.0 design principles to smaller NHS facilities, such as (a) community hospitals, (b) primary care facilities and (c) outpatient centres
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 15 Jun 2026
The New Hospital Programme is currently focused on applying Hospital 2.0, the standardised approach to new hospital construction, developed with clinical and operational staff, to schemes within its Plan for Implementation. Schemes in Wave 1 and subsequen...