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Streeting revises timetable for New Hospital Programme with five schemes facing delay until 2039

By 2025-01-21T11:46:00

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Health secretary contrasts “honest, realistic, deliverable timetable” to Boris Johnson’s original pledge

The government has published a new timetable to deliver the New Hospitals Programme, with some projects now pushed back beyond 2037 (see full list below)

Health secretary Wes Streeting yesterday described the new timetable as “honest, realistic” and deliverable” in contrast to Boris Johnson’s original pledge to build 40 hospitals by 2030 which Streeting said was built on the “shaky foundation of false hope”.

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