The government has launched the largest hospital building programme in a generation today, 30 September.

This forms part of a new Health Infrastructure Plan which sets out a long term programme of investment in health infrastructure. It will support the building of new hospitals as well as modernising primary care estate and investing in new diagnostics and technology.

A centrepiece of the plan, the new hospital building programme gives six new large hospitals the funding to go ahead now, aiming to deliver by 2025. Six trusts are getting £2.7 billion in funding today to develop new hospitals. They include Barts Health Trust, Epsom and St Helier Trust, West Hertfordshire Trust, Princess Alexandra Hospital Trust, University Hospitals of Leicester Trust and Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust.

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A further 21 schemes have been given the go-ahead with the seed funding they need to develop their business cases, with the aim of delivering between 2025 and 2030, subject to business case approvals.

In total this programme involves more than 40 hospital building projects as some schemes involve the development of more than one hospital site.

All local areas will have the opportunity to bid to be part of future funding rounds.

(CM/MH)