Hospitals: Construction
Commons · Question 900315 · Tabled 3 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 10 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Al Pinkerton
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of progress on implementing the New Hospital Programme.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 10 Jun 2026
The previous government’s promise of 40 new hospitals by 2030 was a fantasy with no funding beyond March 2025. This government set out its approach to funding and delivering the Programme in the Plan for Implementation published last year. The Programme i...