Hospitals: Planning Permission
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many of the new hospitals in the New Hospital Programme have planning permission.
Answered by Karin Smyth
18 schemes in the New Hospital Programme have been granted full planning permission and six have achieved outline planning permission.
As my rt. Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, announced, and as subsequently confirmed in the Chancellor’s statement on 29 July 2024, there is a full and comprehensive ongoing review of the New Hospital Programme to provide a realistic and costed timetable for delivery. This will consider the urgent need to rebuild the seven hospitals built mostly using reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete to protect staff and patient safety.
The Secretary of State will consider the findings and update Parliament on the outcome of the review reporting back to patients, clinicians, and local communities on the next steps for the New Hospital Programme. We will provide a clear and realistic timetable for delivery of the Programme and agree the investment needed to get patients the care they deserve.
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