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<p>On Sunday 29 September, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care announced
the next stage in our strategic investment in the National Health Service, with the
Health Infrastructure Plan (HIP) to ensure that our health infrastructure is fit-for-purpose
for decades to come. The Prime Minister set out on Wednesday 2 October his plan that
“in the next ten years we will build 40 new hospitals in the biggest investment in
hospital infrastructure for a generation.” As a step towards this, we have committed
funding for six new hospitals as well as seed funding to support the initial stage
of a further 34 building projects.</p><p>North Manchester General Hospital scheme
is one of the projects that are green-lighted to proceed to the next level of their
development plan. A total pot of £100 million of seed money is being made available
to help kick start the next stage of developing these plans. All schemes however will
need to present a clear investment case to move onto the next stage, and funding will
be subject to future spending reviews. Other projects will be able to bid into this
and other future waves too.</p>
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