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1725876

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Hospitals: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his oral contribution of 23 July 2024, Official Report, column 516, what the terms of reference are for his Department's review of the new hospital programme; and what his planned timetable is for completion of that work.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	3127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2024 answer text <p>We are reviewing the New Hospital Programme to put it on a sustainable footing, including a realistic timetable for delivery and clarity on the funding required. The review will be completed as soon as possible this autumn. Once concluded, Parliament will be updated on the next steps for the Programme.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 09/09/2024 09:59:32 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1723224

registered interest
date	24/07/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Hospitals: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for the review of the New Hospitals Programme.
tabling member constituency	Louth and Horncastle
tabling member printed	Victoria Atkins
uin	1505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/08/2024 answer text <p>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, we will be undertaking a full and comprehensive review of the New Hospital Programme to provide a realistic and costed timetable for delivery.</p><p>The Secretary of State will 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.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 15/08/2024 15:55:20 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth previous answer version 1347 answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
tabling member	4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins

1723248

registered interest
date	24/07/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Hospitals: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department will continue the (a) Hospital Rebuilding Programme and (b) implementation of Community Diagnostic Centres.
tabling member constituency	Epping Forest
tabling member printed	Dr Neil Hudson
uin	1585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2024 answer text <p>The Government recognises that strategic, value for money investments in capital projects are critical to providing good quality care. Specific commitments regarding the future of existing capital programmes are subject to the next Spending Review, with timescales for this not yet confirmed.</p><p>My Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has asked for an urgent report on the degree to which the New Hospital Programme is funded, and a realistic timetable for delivery. He will consider this carefully then report back to patients, clinicians, and local communities to confirm any revision to the schedule.</p><p>The National Health Service is committed to rolling out additional diagnostic tests and scans from a network of 160 Community Diagnostic Centres across the country by March 2025, as part of the NHS’s Elective Recovery Plan published in 2022.</p><p>It is unacceptable that some patients have been waiting over six weeks for a diagnostic test. The Government will support the NHS in increasing diagnostic capacity, to meet the demand for diagnostic services, as a priority. Specific programmes of funding to support this are subject to the upcoming Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 30/07/2024 10:45:58 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
tabling member	4853 label Biography information for Dr Neil Hudson

1723255

registered interest
date	24/07/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Hospitals: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the reference design for Hospital 2.0.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	1569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2024 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has asked for an urgent review on the New Hospital Programme, including on the degree to which the New Hospital Programme is funded and a realistic timetable for delivery.</p><p>The New Hospital Programme is continuing to develop its standardised design approach for future hospitals, known as Hospital 2.0. Design products for Hospital 2.0 are being developed and refined and are being shared with trusts as soon as possible and on an ongoing basis.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 05/08/2024 10:30:09 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1717039

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Hospitals: Construction
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many of the 40 new hospitals confirmed by the then Prime Minister on 2 October 2020 have been completed and are operational.
tabling member printed	Lord Sikka
uin	HL4545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>The New Hospital Programme has opened six hospitals, listed as follows:</p><p>- the Northern Centre for Cancer Care, for the North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust;</p><p>- the Royal Liverpool Hospital, for the Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;</p><p>- stage 1 of the 3Ts Hospital, for the Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust;</p><p>- the Northgate Hospital and Ferndene Hospital, specifically phase 1 and phase 2 of the Care Environment Development and Re-provision Programme, for the Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust;</p><p>- the Dyson Cancer Centre, for the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust; and</p><p>- the Greater Manchester Major Trauma Centre, for the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust.</p><p>Two more hospitals are due to open this financial year, listed as follows:</p><p>- the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, for Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust; and</p><p>- the National Rehabilitation Centre, for Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 20/05/2024 10:33:28 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	4885 label Biography information for Lord Sikka

1714970

registered interest
date	30/04/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Hospitals: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to reduce vacancies on the New Hospitals Programme.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	24258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>The New Hospital Programme (NHP) continues to recruit into outstanding vacancies and is making progress in line with its current plans, workforce planning and resource assumptions.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 24260 question first answered 20/05/2024 08:40:14 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson previous answer version 32553 answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1714971

registered interest
date	30/04/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Hospitals: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help increase (a) internal expertise and (b) capacity in the New Hospitals Programme in (i) technical design and (ii) programme delivery.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	24259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>As is usual for major Government programmes, the New Hospitals Programme (NHP) is using both internal and external resources to ensure the right capabilities and specialist skills are in place to deliver the programme. The NHP is procuring its long-term delivery partner, which will provide flexible external expertise in technical design, commercial functions, programme delivery capabilities, and other areas.</p><p> </p><p>The NHP is developing a Knowledge and Skills Transfer (KST) Strategy to embed the self-sustaining knowledge and skills required to deliver the programme, ensuring that as the balance within the team changes, the appropriate transfers take place.</p><p> </p><p>The NHP continues to support its employees' development and regularly reviews the Learning and Development offer available across the programme, to support staff in the successful delivery of the programme. This includes supporting staff within the NHP, and Project Directors from NHS England trusts, to take advantage of the Government’s Project Academy by participating in the Project Leadership Programme and Major Projects Leadership Academy.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 24261 question first answered 07/05/2024 14:14:54 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1714972

registered interest
date	30/04/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Hospitals: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to improve staff retention on the New Hospitals Programme.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	24260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>The New Hospital Programme (NHP) continues to recruit into outstanding vacancies and is making progress in line with its current plans, workforce planning and resource assumptions.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 24258 question first answered 20/05/2024 08:40:14 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson previous answer version 32554 answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1714973

registered interest
date	30/04/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Hospitals: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the roll out of the Government's Projects Academy for staff working on the New Hospitals Programme.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	24261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>As is usual for major Government programmes, the New Hospitals Programme (NHP) is using both internal and external resources to ensure the right capabilities and specialist skills are in place to deliver the programme. The NHP is procuring its long-term delivery partner, which will provide flexible external expertise in technical design, commercial functions, programme delivery capabilities, and other areas.</p><p> </p><p>The NHP is developing a Knowledge and Skills Transfer (KST) Strategy to embed the self-sustaining knowledge and skills required to deliver the programme, ensuring that as the balance within the team changes, the appropriate transfers take place.</p><p> </p><p>The NHP continues to support its employees' development and regularly reviews the Learning and Development offer available across the programme, to support staff in the successful delivery of the programme. This includes supporting staff within the NHP, and Project Directors from NHS England trusts, to take advantage of the Government’s Project Academy by participating in the Project Leadership Programme and Major Projects Leadership Academy.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 24259 question first answered 07/05/2024 14:14:54 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1695458

registered interest
date	12/03/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Hospitals: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has approved the business case costings for the New Hospital Programme.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	18276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2024 answer text <p>On 25 May 2023, the Government announced that the New Hospital Programme (NHP) is expected to represent over £20 billion of capital investment for the financial year 2030/31, and that there would be a rolling programme of investment in health infrastructure in the longer term. Future spending beyond this current spending review period will be subject to the usual spending review processes.</p><p>The NHP has developed a third version of its Programme Business Case (PBC) which includes costs for the programme’s future spend. This was approved by the Department’s Joint Investment Committee on 19 February 2024. Following this approval, the PBC will go through Government assurance processes in May 2024.</p><p> </p><p>Future spend will be confirmed through the usual processes of future spending reviews, and all funding allocations for specific schemes within the NHP will only be confirmed once the individual Full Business Cases have been reviewed and agreed by ministers.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 18/03/2024 15:18:09 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel