Oral Question·Department of Health and Social Care
“What progress his Department has made on the implementation of the New Hospital Programme.”
Tabled: 15 October 2025Answered: 21 October 2025
Asked by
Steve Darling
Liberal Democrat — Torbay
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Secondary Care (Karin Smyth)
The Conservative Government’s promise of 40 new hospitals by 2030 was a fantasy—there was no funding beyond last March. In January, we published a realistic plan that put the programme on a credible and sustainable footing. We are committed to delivering all the schemes in the programme and are moving at pace with funding in place for design work, construction activity and business case development.