- build new hospitals
- modernise our primary care estate
- invest in new diagnostics and technology
- help eradicate critical safety issues in the NHS
estate
At the centre of this plan is a new hospital building
programme, which the government has launched today with a
£2.8 billion investment that gives 6 new large hospitals
the funding to go ahead now, aiming to deliver by 2025,
and a further 21 schemes the green light to go to the
next stage of developing their plans, with the aim of
being ready to deliver between 2025 and 2030.
In total this first tranche involves more than 40
hospital building projects, as some schemes involve the
development of more than one hospital site. All local
areas will have the opportunity to bid to be part of
future funding rounds.
The 6 trusts getting £2.7 billion in funding today to
develop new hospitals are:
- Barts Health Trust
- Epsom and St Helier Trust
- West Hertfordshire Trust
- Princess Alexandra Hospital Trust
- University Hospitals of Leicester Trust
- Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust
Details of 6
trusts receiving funding (PDF, 39
KB, 1 page)
The 21 schemes receiving £100 million of seed funding
include:
- Addenbrookes hospital in Cambridge
- Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham
- North Manchester General Hospital
List of 21 trusts
receiving seed funding (PDF, 43.5
KB, 1 page)
Today’s investment is on top of the extra £33.9 billion a
year by 2023 to 2024 that the government is providing to
the NHS, and follows the government’s recent commitment
of £1.8 billion in capital funding for 20 hospital
upgrades and other critical infrastructure works for the
NHS, as well as the announcement on
Friday of £200 million to replace more than 300
diagnostic machines across the country to help drive
earlier cancer diagnosis and improve survival.
