The NHP was first established in October 2020 to build a series of new hospitals across the UK, alongside replacing or refurbishing existing facilities and improving access to modern healthcare nationwide. Following a strategic review last September, the Health Secretary announced a rebalancing of the portfolio of hospital schemes, with secured funding in five-year waves of investment. The programme will prioritise rebuilding healthcare facilities built using reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC), with the first seven projects being delivered by 2030. Further hospitals will be delivered in waves over the next fifteen years and beyond.
Mace and Turner & Townsend will lead the delivery consortium, working together with an extensive national supply chain. Together, they will act as delivery partners for the NHP, ‘guiding the programme, safeguarding the schedule and budgets, and creating a legacy with the NHS and Department of Health and Social Care for outstanding healthcare facility delivery long into the future’.
Mace explained: “The NHP will champion a programmatic approach to deliver hospitals at greater speed, value for money, and safety. This will complement an industrialised construction methodology, and the use of standardised designs and offsite manufacturing to unlock opportunities for small and medium suppliers across the country, while driving faster delivery of future-facing facilities that take advantage of modern clinical technologies.”
Jason Millett, Group CEO at Mace (pictured), said: “The New Hospital Programme represents one of the most important social infrastructure opportunities of a generation, promising a legacy of transformative healthcare facilities for communities across the UK.
“Having supported both the Department of Health and Social Care, and the NHS for several years, we’ve seen first-hand the benefit of providing the nation’s committed healthcare professionals and their patients with the state-of-the-art environments they deserve. Now, through our leading role in leading the PDP for the New Hospital Programme, we are committed to bringing that experience and expertise, along with new innovation, to deliver for future generations.”
Chris Sargent, MD, Real Estate UK at Turner & Townsend, added: “We are thrilled to be appointed as the Programme Delivery Partner for the New Hospital Programme. This appointment builds on the work we are already doing in the sector, and our extensive experience in programme management, as well as our long-standing relationship with the NHS. Our collaborative approach with Mace and our national supply chain partners will ensure the delivery of state-of-the-art healthcare facilities that meet the needs of patients and clinicians across the UK.”