Eight hospital rebuilds are likely to be delayed beyond 2030, government says

A number of major building works included in the government’s “new hospitals programme” will not be completed until the next decade, the health secretary has told MPs.The pledge to build 40 “new” hospitals by 20301 was a key manifesto commitment made by the former prime minister Boris Johnson in 2019. This included six new facilities and 34 hospital rebuilds.In a speech to the House of Commons on 25 May England’s health secretary, Steve Barclay, reiterated the government’s commitment to the building programme and said that it would receive over £20bn investment in total. But he said that completion on eight projects was likely to run into the 2030s.Healthcare leaders welcomed the reaffirmed commitment to the programme but said that the funding allocated was less than what was required and expressed disappointment at the delays.Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, said, “The £20bn of investment that has been earmarked…
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