Health Infrastructure Plan provides £2.8bn investment

The government has published its Health Infrastructure Plan, outlining a £2.8bn investment, and showing its commitment to providing world-class healthcare.

At the centre of the plan, a new hospital building programme will provide six trusts with £2.7bn for the construction of new hospitals in London, Leeds, Harlow, Leicester and Watford, which are to be completed by 2025.

In addition to this, a further £100m of seed funding will see 21 other hospital schemes get the go-ahead.

Six projects to be publicly funded with £2.7bn:

• Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow (see Glenigan project ID 19342019)
• Watford General, Watford (see Glenigan project ID 04432772)
• Whipps Cross University Hospital, North East London (see Glenigan project ID 04204898)
• St. Helier Hospital, South West London (see Glenigan project ID 10031719)
• Leicester General/Leicester Royal/Glenfield, Leicester (see Glenigan project ID 18314650)
• Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds (see Glenigan project ID 18366238)

21 trusts to share £100m seed funding for plans:

• Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, Addenbrookes, Cambridge
• James Paget University Hospitals NHS Trust, James Paget Hospital, Great Yarmouth
• Milton Keynes NHS Foundation Trust, Milton Keynes Hospital, Milton Keynes
• West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds
• Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, The Hillingdon Hospital, North West London
• Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Charing Cross, St Mary’s and Hammersmith Hospitals, West and Central London
• Kettering General Hospital NHS Trust, Kettering General Hospital, Kettering
• Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham City Hospital, Nottingham
• Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Royal Preston Hospital, Preston
• Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, North Manchester General Hospital, North Manchester
• University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust, Royal Lancaster Infirmary and Furness General Hospital, Lancaster; Barrow-in-Furness
• East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, Conquest, Eastbourne District Hospitals, Hastings; Eastbourne
• Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Basingstoke & North Hampshire Hospital, Winchester; Basingstoke
• Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading
• Dorset Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Various (potentially 12) community hospitals, Dorset
• North Devon Healthcare NHS Trust, North Devon District Hospital, Barnstaple
• Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth
• Royal Cornwall NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro
• Royal United Bath NHS Foundation Trust, Royal United Bath Hospital, Bath
• Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton
• Torbay and South Devon Health Care NHS Trust, Torbay District General, Torquay

For more information on these trusts, please see Glenigan project ID 19342017.

Further Reading:

The Glenigan Construction Review