Construction yet to start on all but seven of government’s 40 new hospitals

Perkins hospital

Six schemes promised to open by 2025 still without full funding or planning consent, BBC reports

Construction work is yet to start on all but seven of the 40 hospitals the government said it would build by 2030, according to reports.

Only two hospitals on the new hospitals programme are finished and open, and six which ministers promised to open by 2025 have still not received planning permission or funding, the BBC has reported.

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