Wes Streeting announces major delays to Tories' 'fictional' NHS hospital scheme - see full list

Boris Johnson archetypal made the pledge to physique '40 caller hospitals' by 2030 - but it aboriginal emerged that immoderate of the 'new' hospitals were conscionable refurbishments and caller wings

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has announced large delays to hole crumbling NHS hospitals crossed the country.

Boris Johnson made the pledge to physique "40 caller hospitals" by 2030 successful the 2019 manifesto but it aboriginal emerged that immoderate of the “new" hospitals were conscionable refurbishments and caller wings. Rishi Sunak doubled down connected the pledge up of the 2024 general election.

But speaking successful the Commons connected Monday, Mr Steering announced delays to the timetable, with enactment connected immoderate hospitals not opening for implicit a decade. After a reappraisal of the project, helium told MPs operation connected 7 infirmary sites would statesman successful the adjacent 5 years portion 9 would statesman betwixt 2030-2035.

Construction enactment connected a further 9 sites - including St Mary's Hospital successful London, Charing Cross Hospital and the Royal Preston Hospital - volition not statesman until 2035-2039.

Mr Streeting said the Tory plans were a "work of fiction". He added: "I cognize patients successful immoderate parts of the state volition beryllium disappointed by this caller timetable. They are close to be.

"They were led up the plot way by 3 Conservative Prime Ministers each promising hospitals with nary credible backing program to present them. We volition not dainty the British radical with the aforesaid contempt."

But responding to the announcement, the Lib Dem wellness spokeswoman, Helen Morgan, accused the authorities of attempting to "bury atrocious news" connected the time of Donald Trump's inauguration.

She said: "The Conservatives shamelessly made promises they ne'er intended to support to countless communities served by crumbling hospitals. Now this authorities uses the time of Trump’s inauguration successful a shoddy effort to hide atrocious news, showing an outrageous disregard for patients."

She added: "Instead of ducking scrutiny, the Health Secretary needs to people the afloat interaction appraisal of these delays. Patients person a close to cognize conscionable however astatine hazard they are, and however galore much delays they volition person to endure arsenic a effect of the government’s decision.”

Schemes already nether constructions

Alumhurst Road Children’s Mental Health Unit, Dorset

Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Dorset

St Ann’s Hospital, Dorset

Dorset County Hospital, Dorchester

CEDAR Programme

Oriel Eye Hospital

National Rehabilitation Centre

Start operation betwixt 2025 and 2030

Poole Hospital, Dorset

Derriford Emergency Care Hospital, Plymouth

Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital

Shotley Bridge Community Hospital, Durham

Milton Keynes Hospital

Women and Children’s Hospital, Cornwall

Hillingdon Hospital, north-west London

North Manchester General Hospital

West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds

Hinchingbrooke Hospital

James Paget Hospital, Great Yarmouth

Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King’s Lynn

Leighton Hospital

Airedale General Hospital

Frimley Park Hospital

Brighton 3Ts Hospital

Start operation betwixt 2030 and 2035

Leeds General Infirmary

Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, Sutton

Whipps Cross University Hospital, north-east London

Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow

Watford General Hospital

Leicester General Hospital Royal Infirmary

Kettering General Hospital

Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton

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Start operation betwixt 2035 and 2039

Charing Cross Hospital and Hammersmith Hospital, London

North Devon District Hospital, Barnstaple

Royal Lancaster Infirmary

St Mary’s Hospital, north-west London

Royal Preston Hospital

Queen’s Medical Centre and Nottingham City Hospital

Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading

Hampshire Hospitals

Eastbourne District General, Conquest Hospital and Bexhill Community Hospital