GRAHAM has been selected for the Hospital 2.0 Alliance Framework (H2A), a flagship element of the New Hospital Programme billed as the largest hospital building programme in a generation.

Developed by the New Hospital Programme (NHP), the £37bn alliance unites NHS Trusts with industry to modernise estates, increase capacity and invest in skills, with resilient infrastructure designed to prioritise patient care.

Alliance members will collaborate on hospitals that are quicker to build, safer, digitally enabled and based on standardised design principles. The approach is intended to relieve pressure in a constrained construction market by increasing capacity to deliver value and quality at scale.

H2A also plans to draw on international expertise while backing long-term capability and skills across both construction and healthcare.

Jonathan Hall, Chief Operating Officer for GRAHAM, said: "Our appointment to H2A marks a significant milestone for GRAHAM and reflects the strength of our experience in delivering ambitious and complex healthcare infrastructure.

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"The scale of this £37bn programme is unparalleled, and we are proud to play a role in shaping a new era of hospital construction. Ultimately, healthcare infrastructure must benefit those who matter most – the patients – and this framework it set out to achieve exactly that. It's fantastic to be playing a part in its delivery."

Elizabeth Smith, Healthcare Director at GRAHAM, added: "At GRAHAM we are excited to be part of an Alliance focused on new models, new thinking, and new approaches to creating healthcare environments that support better patient outcomes and staff wellbeing."

Karin Smyth, Minister of State at the Department of Health and Social Care, said: "This Government is making the long-term investment required to rebuild and modernise our NHS, and the Hospital 2.0 Alliance is central to that commitment.

"By backing a standardised approach to hospital building, we are giving the construction sector the certainty it needs to invest in skills, capacity and innovation.

"This is about partnering with industry to deliver better hospitals faster, while driving productivity and value for the NHS and adding to the economic growth of the entire country."

Natalie Forrest, Chief Programme Officer at the New Hospital Programme, said: "The Hospital 2.0 Alliance is about more than building hospitals – it is about transforming how we deliver them.

"The appointment of these construction partners is critical to our capacity and capability, and reflects a shared commitment to collaboration, innovation and long-term investment in skills and social value. Together, we are building a sustainable model that will support the NHS for decades to come."

Alongside GRAHAM, construction partners appointed to H2A include Bovis Construction (Europe) Limited; Dragados Sociedad Anonima; Integrated Health Projects (IHP); Kier Construction Limited; Laing O'Rourke Delivery Limited; Morgan Sindall Construction and Infrastructure Ltd; Sacyr UK Limited; Skanska Construction UK Limited; and Willmott Dixon Construction Limited.