Conservatives handed over ‘fictional’ timeline for New Hospital Programme, says new government

By Daniel Gayne2024-07-25T11:00:00

Health secretary admits 40 hospitals will not be built by 2030 as originally planned

The New Hospital Programme is “not deliverable” to the original 2030 timeline, the new health secretary has revealed.

Speaking in the House of Commons earlier this week, Wes Streeting accused the previous Conservative government of handing over “entirely fictional timetable and an unfunded programme” for the scheme.

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