Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 58728

Hospitals: Construction

Tabled: 10 June 2025

Answered: 18 June 2025

Question

James Wild

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his oral statement of 13 March 2025 on NHS England Update, Official Report, column 1300, what recent steps he has taken to streamline the business case approvals process for the N

Answer

Karin Smyth

The New Hospital Programme is transforming the way that hospital infrastructure is constructed by using a national standardised approach, called Hospital 2.0. The average lifespan of new hospitals is expected to be in excess of 50 years, and is being desi...

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