Five major hospitals to be rebuilt as part of over £20 billion new hospital infrastructure investment

Five major hospitals to be rebuilt as part of over £20 billion new hospital infrastructure investment Patients and staff will benefit from safe, state-of-the-art new facilities and improved care as the government announced its commitment to rebuild five major hospitals by 2030, as part of the New Hospital Programme. For the first time, the government has confirmed a record investment of over £20 billion is expected to be spent on new hospital infrastructure. Department of Health and Social Care

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• Health and Social Care Secretary Oral Statement on NHP Department of Health and Social Care
• NHS Confederation responds to government's New Hospital Programme announcement NHS Confederation
• Clarity on long-awaited New Hospital Programme very welcome but 'capital crunch' persists NHS Providers
• Facing up to a lost decade: statement on new hospitals announcement Nuffield Trust
• Five hospitals at risk of collapse to be rebuilt BBC News
• Labour says Government will break manifesto pledge to build 40 new hospitals The Daily Telegraph
• Government committed to building 40 new hospitals by 2030 – Barclay Evening Standard
• Broken pledge over 40 new hospitals will leave NHS ‘crumbling’, ministers told The Guardian
• Tory pledge to build 40 ‘new’ England hospitals likely to be delayed until after 2030 The Guardian
• Labour claims Tories won’t meet pledge to build 40 new hospitals by 2030 The Independent
• 'Not going to happen': Ministers told 'come clean' on hospitals pledge ITV News
• Steve Barclay insists 40 new hospitals target will still be met - even though only two have been built so far Sky News