New Hospital Programme

Public Accounts Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 20 Jul 2023 Closed: 8 Mar 2024 Parliament page
The New Hospital Programme was set up in 2020 to build 40 new hospitals in England by 2030. It has £3.7 billion in capital funding for this for up to March 2025, with more to be provided for the following five years. The Programme is also intended to transform how … Read more
1 Recommendation
41 Conclusions
1 Report
1 Oral session
2 Letters
1 Event
Activity timeline 6 events
8 Mar
2024
Report published
26 Feb
2024
Correspondence
17 Nov
2023
Report published
16 Oct
2023
Correspondence
7 Sep
2023
Oral evidence
7 Sep
2023
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Oral evidence sessions 1 session
7 Sep 2023
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New Hospitals Programme
Amanda Pritchard · NHS England Julian Kelly · NHS England Natalie Forrest · Department of Health and Social Care Professor Sir Stephen Powis · NHS England Shona Dunn · Home Office
Title HC No. Published Items Response
First Report - The New Hospital Programme HC 77 17 Nov 2023 42 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
3 results
Clear
9 Conclusion Deferred
First Report - The New Hospital Pr…
DHSC delayed in creating standardised hospital design and approval processes.
DHSC claims that its plans to standardise approvals processes and that hospital design will reduce the time taken to build a hospital from as much as 11 years to about six. We asked whether there was a case for rebuilding … Read more
Government Response
The government states it is examining the possibility of using existing design and contracting approaches for a small number of schemes to accelerate delivery, with final decisions on this to be made by summer 2024.
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13 Conclusion Deferred
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Insisting on unproven Hospital 2.0 designs for urgent RAAC hospital rebuilds by 2030 is questionable.
Among DHSC’s other commitments, the need to rebuild the seven RAAC hospitals by 2030 is particularly pressing. RAAC hospitals are costing taxpayers a lot of money as remedial measures are taken to keep them safe and open.24 In this context, … Read more
Government Response
The government is examining the possibility of progressing a small number of schemes, including RAAC hospitals, using traditional design and contracting methods, with decisions expected by summer 2024, while also intending to test Hospital 2.0 within RAAC schemes.
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24 Conclusion Deferred
First Report - The New Hospital Pr…
Future funding for RAAC remediation beyond 2024-25 remains uncertain despite 2030 eradication goal.
NHS England also provided us with an update on its progress in dealing with known RAAC buildings. At the time we took evidence in September, it told us that there were projects to remove RAAC from the then 24 sites … Read more
Government Response
The government, despite stating 'recommendation implemented', confirms that funding needs for RAAC mitigation and eradication beyond 2024-25 will inform bids at subsequent Spending Reviews, thus deferring a definitive commitment. It also commits to writing to the Committee with an assessment of RAAC in other health sectors and the name of the responsible NHSE official.
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Government Response AI assessment · 42 of 1 classified
Accepted 25
Accepted in Part 1
Acknowledged 7
Deferred 3
Not Addressed 1
Rejected 5
Total 1 rec + 41 conclusions
Correspondence 2 letters
26 Feb 2024 Correspondence from Shona Dunn, Second Permanent Secretary, Department of Health and Social Care, re Reinforced Autoclave Aerated Concrete, dated 15 February 2024
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16 Oct 2023 Correspondence from Shona Dunn, Second Permanent Secretary, Department for Health and Social Care, re Public Accounts Committee New Hospital Programme Hearing – 7 September 2023, dated 26 September 2023
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