MPs call for ‘reality check’ on revised 2.0 new hospital programme

Spending watchdog MPs have raised doubts about the Government’s ability to deliver its revised hospital programme of 40 new hospitals by 2030.
Public accounts committee MPs challenged plans for the revised new hospital programme warning that spending and delivery timeframes ‘didn’t stack up’.
NHS procurement chiefs revealed the new hospital programme was costed on the basis that contractors using modern methods of construction would build 25% cheaper and 20% quicker than