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James Paget University Hospital: Finance

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Question for Department of Health and Social Care

UIN 6629, tabled on 12 December 2023

Question

Dr Thérèse Coffey
Conservative
Suffolk Coastal
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is her Department's planned timeline to provide funding for the (a) outline business case and (b) rebuilding of the James Paget University Hospital.

Answer

Andrew Stephenson
Conservative
Pendle
Commons

Answered on

18 December 2023

We are committed to delivering a new hospital at James Paget University Hospital by 2030 in line with our announcement in May 2023. This announcement set out the need to prioritise the rebuilding of hospitals constructed with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete to protect staff and patient safety. The New Hospital Programme team is working closely with the trust on how to proceed with this as quickly as possible through a standardised approach. The trust has received funding to develop its Strategic Outline Case. In line with the standard business case assurance processes, once the Strategic Outline Case has been approved, the trust will begin work on their Outline Business Case.

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Department of Health and Social Care
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