When the new government in the UK came into power in 2024, it was established that the New Hospital Programme, a commitment to deliver ‘40 new hospitals’ by 2030 was behind schedule, unfunded and therefore undeliverable.
A review has been conducted and as of 2025, there is a new timeline in place to deliver these 40 hospitals.
The new scheme predicts a much longer timescale and puts all of these projects into five-year "waves".
So who is in what wave?
Wave 0 (projects already under construction)
- 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
Wave 1 (to start construction between 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 (RAAC)
- Hinchingbrooke Hospital (RAAC)
- James Paget Hospital, Great Yarmouth (RAAC)
- Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King’s Lynn (RAAC)
- Leighton Hospital (RAAC)
- Airedale General Hospital (RAAC)
- Frimley Park Hospital (RAAC)
- Brighton 3Ts Hospital
Wave 2 (to start construction between 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 Royal Infirmary, Leicester General Hospital and Glenfield Hospital
- Kettering General Hospital
- Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton
- Torbay Hospital
Wave 3 (to start construction between 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