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Wes Streeting Health Secretary announces new timetable for hospital rebuilding plan including Kettering General Hospital KGH House of Commons  - January 20 2025

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00:00and or its overall viability reassessed.

00:04So that is what this Government has done.

00:08Our review of the new hospital programme and the announcement I am making today will do

00:12two things.

00:14First put the programme on a firm footing with sustainable funding so all the projects

00:20can be delivered.

00:23And give patients an honest, realistic, deliverable timetable that they can believe in.

00:31This Labour Government is rebuilding our NHS and as we do so we will also rebuild trust

00:37in politics.

00:40Outside the scope of the review were the seven hospitals built wholly or mostly from rack.

00:45These will be rebuilt at pace to protect people's safety.

00:49Also out of scope were the hospitals already under construction or with an approved business

00:54case where building works have continued without delay.

00:59Working closely with my right honourable friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury we have

01:03secured five year waves of investment backed by £15 billion of investment over consecutive

01:10waves averaging £3 billion a year.

01:14This funding is in addition to the £1 billion the Chancellor announced at the Budget to

01:20tackle dangerous rack and the backlog of critical maintenance, repairs and upgrades across the

01:26NHS estate.

01:27And it is in addition to the £1.5 billion we are investing in new surgical hubs, diagnostic

01:34scanners and beds.

01:36Together this forms part of the £13.6 billion capital investment announced at the Budget.

01:43The largest capital investment in our National Health Service since Labour was last in office.

01:50Madam Deputy Speaker I will now set out the new timetable.

01:55Projects in wave zero are already in the advanced stages of development and will be completed

02:00within the next three years.

02:02These are CEDA programme, Phase 3 Banbury unit, National Rehabilitation Centre in Nottinghamshire,

02:08Oriole Eye Hospital, Royal Bournemouth Hospital, St Anne's Hospital, Alamhurst Road Children's

02:14Mental Health Unit and Dorset County Hospital.

02:19Wave 1 schemes will begin construction between 2025 and 2030.

02:25These include the seven RAC hospitals, Leighton Hospital, West Suffolk Hospital, Frimley Park

02:31Hospital, Hinchingbrook Hospital, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, James Padgett Hospital and Airedale

02:37General Hospital.

02:39The other wave 1 schemes are Poole Hospital, Milton Keynes Hospital, Brighton 3Ts Hospital,

02:46Women and Children's Hospital Cornwall, Derriford Emergency Care Hospital, Cambridge Cancer

02:52Research Hospital, Shotley Bridge Community Hospital, North Manchester General Hospital

02:59and Hillingdon Hospital.

03:01Wave 2 schemes will now begin main construction between 2030 and 2035.

03:08They are Leicester General Hospital Royal Infirmary, Watford General Hospital, the Specialist

03:14and Emergency Care Hospital in Sutton, Kettering General Hospital, Leeds General Infirmary,

03:21Musgrove Park Hospital, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Torbay Hospital and Whips Cross

03:27Hospital, where I should declare an interest as that hospital serves my constituency.

03:32Wave 3 includes nine schemes which will start construction between 2035 and 2039.

03:40These are St Mary's Hospital in London, Charing Cross Hospital and Hammersmith Hospital, North

03:45Devon District Hospital, Eastbourne District General Hospital, Conquest Hospital and Bexhill

03:50Hospital Scheme, Hampshire Hospitals, Royal Berkshire Hospital, Royal Preston Hospital,

03:56the Royal Lancaster Infirmary and Queen's Medical Centre and Nottingham City Hospital.

04:01Following this statement, further details of the hospital building programme will be

04:05published on my department's website and a copy of the report will be placed in the

04:10House of Commons Library.

04:11In addition, my honourable friend the Minister of State for Health will be holding meetings

04:16tomorrow to which MPs of all parties are invited to answer any further questions about these

04:22projects.

04:24To make sure that every penny of taxpayers' money is well spent and every hospital is

04:28delivered as quickly as possible, we will shortly launch a new framework for the construction

04:34of the new schemes.

04:36This will be a different way of contracting by working in partnership with industry to

04:40mitigate cost, schedule and delivery risks and saving money through a standardised design

04:46approach.

04:47This will speed up the process of opening new hospitals and provide a foundation for

04:52a collaborative supply chain partnership.

04:55We will also appoint a programme delivery partner in the coming weeks to support the

04:59delivery of crucial hospital infrastructure across the country and provide programme,

05:04project and commercial expertise.

05:07Madam Deputy Speaker, I know patients in some parts of the country will be disappointed

05:12by this new timetable.

05:13They are right to be.

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