Government injects £2.7bn to build six hospitals

Aaron Morby 4 years ago

The Government has pledged to fund the largest hospital building programme in a generation with potentially more than 40 projects.

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At its core, the new Health Infrastructure Plan will see £2.7bn injected into publicly funding six new large hospital projects by 2025.

A further 21 NHS Trusts will get a share of £100m of seed funding they need to develop business cases for 34 upgrade and new-build projects within the next decade.

Six projects to be publicly funded with £2.7bn
Region	Trust	Site	Location
London	Barts Health NHS Trust	Whipps Cross University Hospital	North East London
London	Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust	St Helier Hospital	South West London
North East and Yorkshire	Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	Leeds General Infirmary	Leeds
East	The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust	Princess Alexandra Hospital	Harlow
Midlands	University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust	Leicester General, Leicester Royal, Glenfield	Leicester
East	West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust	Watford General	Watford
21 trusts to share £100m seed funding for plans (2025-2030)
East	Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust	Addenbrookes	Cambridge
South West	Dorset Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust	Various (potentially 12) community hospitals	Dorset
South East	East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust	Conquest, Eastbourne District Hospitals	Hastings; Eastbourne
South East	Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Basingstoke & North Hampshire Hospital	Winchester; Basingstoke
London	Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	The Hillingdon Hospital	North West London
London	Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust	Charing Cross, St Mary’s and Hammersmith Hospitals	West and Central London
East	James Paget University Hospitals NHS Trust	James Paget Hospital	Great Yarmouth
Midlands	Kettering General Hospital NHS Trust	Kettering General Hospital	Kettering
North West	Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	Royal Preston Hospital	Preston
East	Milton Keynes NHS Foundation Trust	Milton Keynes Hospital	Milton Keynes
South West	North Devon Healthcare NHS Trust	North Devon District Hospital	Barnstaple
Midlands	Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust	Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham City Hospital	Nottingham
North West	Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust	North Manchester General Hospital	North Manchester
South West	Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust	Derriford Hospital	Plymouth
South East	Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust	Royal Berkshire Hospital	Reading
South West	Royal Cornwall NHS Foundation Trust	Royal Cornwall Hospital	Truro
South West	Royal United Bath NHS Foundation Trust	Royal United Bath Hospital	Bath
South West	Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust	Musgrove Park Hospital	Taunton
South West	Torbay and South Devon Health Care NHS Trust	Torbay District General	Torquay
North West	University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust	Royal Lancaster Infirmary and Furness General Hospital	Lancaster; Barrow- in-Furness
East	West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust	West Suffolk Hospital	Bury St Edmunds

Fresh investment is on top of the extra £33.9bn a year by 2023 to 2024 that the government is providing to the NHS.

It follows the government’s recent commitment of £1.8bn in capital funding for 20 hospital upgrades and other critical infrastructure works for the NHS.

Chief executive of NHS Providers, Chris Hopson said: “We welcome the government’s intention to fund a further 21 schemes between 2025 and 2030 and the £100m for those organisations to start work on developing those projects, noting that the funding to actually compete those schemes remains to be allocated.

“The NHS has been starved of capital since 2010. There’s a £6bn maintenance backlog, £3bn of it safety critical. It’s not just these six hospitals who have crumbling, outdated, infrastructure – community and mental health trusts, ambulance services and other hospitals across the country have equally pressing needs.”