New Hospital Programme could be built over a ‘longer time frame’, government says

By Tom Lowe2024-09-12T11:30:00

Warning comes as landmark report finds £37bn capital funding shortfall for hospitals during last decade

Labour will complete the previous government’s £20bn New Hospital Programme but it may be over a “longer time frame”, the health secretary has said.

Wes Streeting told the BBC he was “determined” to deliver the 40 new hospital schemes promised in the programme but first had to “make sure the money is there”.

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