Target of 40 hospitals over next decade laid out by Number 10

The government has made a £3.7bn commitment to fund the construction of 40 hospitals by 2030 – but has been told it will need to find nearly six times that amount if it is to fulfil its pledge.

The 40-hospital programme includes completing four hospitals that are already under construction, including the Midland Metropolitan and Royal Liverpool hospitals that were stalled by Carillion’s collapse almost three years ago. These are being finished by Balfour Beatty and Laing O'Rourke respectively.

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The cost of the hospital building programme has been put at £20bn

They also feature four projects, including the new Moorfields Eye Hospital, that are awaiting final approval.

The six hospital schemes that were handed £2.7bn by the government last year as part of the first wave of the health infrastructure plan (HIP1) have also been included on the list.

Of the remaining 26 hospitals, 25 are part of HIP2, the second wave of hospitals to be funded, while the final hospital, Shotley Bridge Hospital in Durham, is a brand new project the government has just announced.

But NHS Providers, which represents NHS hospital, mental health, community and ambulance services, said the construction of these hospitals would cost around £20bn rather than the £3.7bn that has been announced.

Its deputy chief executive Saffron Cordery said: “We will need an appropriately funded, long term, NHS capital strategy, hopefully at the comprehensive spending review in November.

“ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV a new, average mid-sized, hospital costs around £500m, so this is just an initial down payment. If the government wants these hospitals built in the time it is specifying, trusts will need the rest of the capital allocated as soon as possible."

Cordery also said it was disappointing there was an absence of any meaningful investment in the "crumbling mental health estate".

The 26 projects the government is funding as part of HIP2 are spread across England, with three in the capital, four in the East of England, three in the South-east, two in the Midlands, two in the North-west, one in the North-east and Yorkshire region and 11 in the South-west.

26 new hospital projects (HIP2)

SiteRegionTrustDetails

The Hillingdon Hospital, North West London

London

Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Rebuild of Hillingdon Hospital to replace ageing estate to tackle significant critical backlog.

Charing Cross Hospital, London

London

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Rebuild of Hammersmith Hospital, new clinical academic redevelopment near ICL White City Campus, co-located with Imperial College biomedical campus at White City. Major floor-by-floor refurbishment of Charing Cross.

St Mary’s Hospital, London

London

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Rebuild of St Mary’s Paddington

West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds

East of England

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

To rebuild West Suffolk Hospital, replace poor estate and provide a better patient environment at West Suffolk Hospital

Addenbrookes Cancer hospital

East of England

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

New cancer hospital at Addenbrookes

James Paget Hospital, Great Yarmouth

East of England

James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Rebuild of James Paget Hospital.

Milton Keynes Hospital

East of England

Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

To build a new women and children’s hospital at Milton Keynes hospital.

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

South-east

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

To provide a new hospital at Eastbourne; new medical wards and refurbishment at Conquest; new clinical building at Bexhill.

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

South-east

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

New hospital at Basingstoke & North Hampshire Hospital and major refurbishment at Royal Hampshire Hospital in Winchester.

Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading

South-east

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

Rebuild of Royal Berkshire to replace ageing estate to tackle significant critical backlog.

Kettering General Hospital

Midlands

Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Rebuild of Kettering General. Options being developed to move to a hot/cold configuration, or a single site rebuild.

Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham City Hospital

Midlands

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Rebuild of both the Queen’s Medical Centre and City Hospital sites.

North Manchester General Hospital

North-west

Manchester University Hospitals Foundation Trust

Rebuild of North Manchester General Hospital provide new healthcare facilities to replace poor estate and provide better patient environment.

Royal Preston and Lancaster Royal Infirmary

North-west

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals and University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay

Planned replacement of Royal Preston and Lancaster Royal Infirmary, where subject to consultation either a single or two hospitals with appropriate re-provision of 3 community urgent care hubs and 3 out of hospital hubs will result.

Shotley Bridge Hospital, Durham

North-east & Yorkshire

County Durham

New hospital including inpatient beds, with unscheduled care, outpatient activity, chemotherapy, and diagnostics to replace the existing Shotley Bridge Hospital.

Christchurch Community Hospital, Dorset

South-west

Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust

Rebuild of Christchurch Community hospital, Implementing. Consolidating services into new community hubs, with associated investment in DGH and mental health care.

St Ann’s Hospital, Dorset

South-west

Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust

New build on existing site for Child and Adult Mental Health Services in Dorset.

Derriford Emergency Care Hospital

South-west

Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust

A new integrated emergency care hospital, bringing all urgent care into one emergency care hospital, with dedicated areas for children and frail patients.

Cornwall Children’s Hospital

South-west

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust

New Women’s and Children’s Hospital in the centre of the Royal Cornwall Hospital site in Truro.

Royal United Bath Hospital

South-west

Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Foundation Trust

A new Cancer Hospital, completing a programme of phased capital work at the Royal United Hospitals Bath (RUH) which has specifically aimed to deliver a new Cancer Hospital, reduce critical areas of organisational risk and improve the quality of the environment for service delivery across the northern part of the Combe Park estate

Torbay District General, Torquay

South-west

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

Rebuild of Torbay Hospital. New smaller acute ‘hot’ hospital, a ‘cold’ elective centre and monies for a collaborative North East South elective centre all underpinned by an EPR system and technology enabled care.

Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton

South-west

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

Rebuild of Musgrove Park Hospital

Bournemouth Community Hospital, Dorset

South-west

Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust

Rebuild of Bournemouth Community Hospital

North Devon District Hospital

South-west

Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust

Rebuild of North Devon District Hospital to provide new healthcare facilities to replace ageing estate and enable the delivery of new models of care at.

Poole Community Hospital, Dorset

South-west

Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust

Rebuild of Poole Community hospital with theatres and sterile services. Part of the ‘One Dorset Estate’ which links acute and community services to reduce pressure.

Dorchester Community Hospital, Dorset

South-west

Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust

New build of Dorchester Community Hospital on site and also to build new ED and ICU. Service model sees better integration of the DGH with GP and community services in a new hospital.