The NHS Health Infrastructure Plan (HIP) is intended to deliver a rolling five-year programme of investment in health infrastructure, including capital to build new hospitals and resolve critical safety issues across the NHS estate.
Sarah Butler, associate director at AA Projects, suggests that, beyond funding, there are a number of other factors for consideration to enable successful implementation – including making the best use of the community estate, meeting carbon targets, and the impact of technology.
The HIP estimates that the value of the NHS estate is over £50 bn, and suggests that a significant proportion of the estate is not suitable to deliver the requirements of the NHS Long Term Plan. There is also significant unfunded demand for capital to deliver requirements for works such as backlog maintenance, currently estimated at £6 bn.
HIP Phase 1 (2020-2025) will include six new hospital projects that are sufficiently developed in order to progress, subject to business case approvals, while HIP Phase 2 (2025-2030) will include 34 new-build hospitals, with seed funding provided immediately to kick-start schemes and allow Trusts to proceed to the next stage of business case development.
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