Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 108399

Hospitals: Construction

Tabled: 26 January 2026

Answered: 13 February 2026

Question

Ian Roome

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many wave one schemes under the New Hospital Programme have begun construction.

Answer

Karin Smyth

Of the 16 schemes in Wave 1 of the New Hospital Programme (NHP), the Derriford Emergency Care Hospital commenced construction in October 2025. Poole Hospital and the remaining stages of Brighton 3Ts hospital (for the Sussex Cancer Centre) are in the pre-c...

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