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Government committed to remove RAAC by 2035 with time-limited funding allocation.
Conclusion
NHS England told us that it had set up a separate programme in 2019 to deal with RAAC.44 In 2020, government committed to remove RAAC from the NHS estate by 2035, subsequently allocating £685 million for RAAC management and remediation for the period up to 2024–25.45 This has been supplemented by £18 million of additional funding from NHS England in 2021–22 and 2022–23 as well as an unspecified amount from trusts’ own capital.46 By December 2022, DHSC had identified 41 NHS buildings with RAAC, spread across 23 trusts. This includes the seven hospitals with RAAC throughout.47
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 8 March 2024. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document.
Source
Committee
Public Accounts Committee
Inquiry
New Hospital Programme
Report
First Report - The New Hospital Programme
17 Nov 2023
HC 77
Addressee Bodies
HM Treasury
Timeline
Recommendation age
2.8 yrs
Report published
17 Nov 2023