The NHP programme business case assumes a 6% average increase in overnight beds across all 28 schemes that the Department plans to build to the Hospital 2.0 design. Across eight schemes where the Department has carried out detailed modelling, the increase in the total number of beds planned for the new hospitals ranges from 1% to 34%, an average increase of 12%.40 34 Q 47 35 Letter from DHSC, 23 February 2026 36 NHS Providers (NHP0003) 37 Qq 45 and 48 38 Qq 48-49 39 Q 17 40 C&AG’s report, para 3.12 and Figure 12 14