Hospital building plan extended by a decade – full list

Aaron Morby 3 weeks ago
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The government has allocated an annual average spend of £3bn for a rephased new hospital programme that will now take a decade longer to deliver.

Laing O'Rourke's Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital timetabled for construction start by 2026
Laing O'Rourke's Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital timetabled for construction start by 2026

Following a fresh review, the Government confirmed all previously planned hospitals will be delivered but over a longer time frame of start times extending to 2039.

Hospital projects will be delivered in three further phases, each lasting five years.

Starts on the biggest schemes have been pushed back beyond 2030, which was the original target date for the whole programme when first launched by Boris Johnson.

Schemes already in construction (Wave 0) will continue as planned. The remaining hospital projects will advance in three waves over 15 years.

Wave 1 starting this year includes seven hospitals constructed primarily using RAAC.

Revised hospital programme timeline
Wave 0: schemes already under construction
Scheme Started construction Cost estimate
Alumhurst Road Children’s Mental Health Unit, Dorset £500m or less
Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Dorset £500m or less
St Ann’s Hospital, Dorset £500m or less
Dorset County Hospital, Dorchester £500m or less
CEDAR Programme, North East tbc
Oriel Eye Hospital, London tbc
National Rehabilitation Centre tbc
Wave 1: schemes to start construction between 2025 and 2030
Scheme Expected start date Cost estimate
Poole Hospital, Dorset 2025 to 2026 £500m or less
Derriford Emergency Care Hospital, Plymouth 2025 to 2026 £500m or less
Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital 2025 to 2026 £500m or less
Shotley Bridge Community Hospital, Durham 2026 to 2027 £500m or less
Milton Keynes Hospital 2027 to 2028 £500m or less
Women and Children’s Hospital, Cornwall 2027 to 2028 £500m or less
Hillingdon Hospital, north-west London 2027 to 2028 £1bn to £1.5bn
North Manchester General Hospital 2027 to 2028 £1bn to £1.5bn
West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds (RAAC) 2027 to 2028 £1bn to £1.5bn
Hinchingbrooke Hospital (RAAC) 2027 to 2028 £501m to £1bn
James Paget Hospital, Great Yarmouth (RAAC) 2027 to 2028 £1bn to £1.5bn
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King’s Lynn (RAAC) 2027 to 2028 £1bn to £1.5bn
Leighton Hospital (RAAC) 2027 to 2028 £1bn to £1.5bn
Airedale General Hospital (RAAC) 2027 to 2028 £1bn to £1.5bn
Frimley Park Hospital (RAAC) 2028 to 2029 £1.5bn to £2bn
Brighton 3Ts Hospital 2026 to 2027 tbc
Wave 2: schemes (to start construction between 2030 and 2035
Leeds General Infirmary 2032 to 2034 £1.5bn to £2bn
Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, Sutton 2032 to 2034 £1.5bn to £2bn
Whipps Cross University Hospital, north-east London 2032 to 2034 £1bn to £1.5bn
Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow 2032 to 2034 £1.5bn to £2bn
Watford General Hospital 2032 to 2034 £1.5bn to £2bn
Leicester General Hospital Royal Infirmary 2032 to 2034 £1bn to £1.5bn
Kettering General Hospital 2032 to 2034 £1bn to £1.5bn
Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton 2032 to 2034 £501m to £1bn
Torbay Hospital 2032 to 2034 £501m to £1bn
Wave 3: schemes to start construction between 2035 and 2039
Charing Cross Hospital and Hammersmith Hospital, London 2035 to 2038 £1.5bn to £2bn
North Devon District Hospital, Barnstaple 2035 to 2038 £1bn to £1.5bn
Royal Lancaster Infirmary 2035 to 2038 £1bn to £1.5bn
St Mary’s Hospital, north west London 2035 to 2038 £2bn or more
Royal Preston Hospital 2037 to 2039 £2bn or more
Queen’s Medical Centre and Nottingham City Hospital 2037 to 2039 £2bn or more
Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading 2037 to 2039 £2bn or more
Hampshire Hospitals 2037 to 2039 £2bn or more
Eastbourne District General, Conquest Hospital and Bexhill Community Hospital 2037 to 2039 £1.5bn to £2bn

Hospital projects destined for later waves will be supported on their development to ensure that they are ready for main construction.

Wes Streeting, health and social care secretary, said the new plan was an “honest, funded, and deliverable programme” to rebuild the NHS.

He added: “The New Hospital Programme we inherited was unfunded and undeliverable.

“Not a single new hospital was built in the past five years, and there was no credible funding plan to build forty in the next five years.”

In May 2023, the previous Conservative government announced that the already revised programme was backed by over £20bn of investment – but this funding was never delivered, says the Labour Government.

Streeting said the New Hospital Programme team would continue to work closely with industry to support construction, develop relationships and secure investment within the supply chain to help deliver cost effectively with repeatable modular design.

Morag Stuart, chief programme officer for the New Hospital Programme, said: “This announcement by the Department of Health and Social Care provides certainty on the next steps for the New Hospital Programme.

“We will continue to work with local NHS organisations to deliver improvements to hospitals across England, including making best use of new technology and improving layouts – and ensuring future hospitals are designed to meet the needs of patients and staff.”

The New Hospital Programme is just one part of the government’s wider commitment to transforming the NHS estate.

Over £1bn has been set aside to make inroads into the existing backlog of critical maintenance, repairs and upgrades, while £102m has been dedicated for upgrades to GP surgeries across England as a first step towards transforming the primary care estate.

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