Royal Berkshire Hospital
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the time taken to complete the Royal Berkshire Hospital on patients in Wokingham constituency.
Answered by Karin Smyth
My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care set out a credible and deliverable plan for the new hospital schemes in the New Hospital Programme (NHP) on 20 January 2025, following the conclusion of the review of the NHP. The plan for implementation was laid in the House Library and published on the GOV.UK website, and is available at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-hospital-programme-review-outcome
An equality impact assessment was carried out for the review which included assessing the extent to which service users might be impacted by these delivery proposals, with specific reference to the impact that these might have on relevant protected characteristics. This was also laid in the House Library and published on 20 January, and is available at the following link:
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