New Hospital Programme
The biggest hospital building programme in a generation
Scheme Overview
NHP will be delivered through consecutive waves of investment. This will ensure that there is always a balanced portfolio of schemes at different development stages being delivered now and into the future. Construction start dates for schemes will then be spread across a 5-year period. See the NHP Supplier Guide for further details.
Following the New Hospital Programme: plan for implementation, published 20 January 2025, NHP has been confirming its approach for delivering schemes across all investment waves. This prioritises Wave 0 and 1 scheme delivery, whilst ensuring that schemes in later waves benefit from lessons learned and are Hospital 2.0 compliant.
The following schemes began construction before 2025. These are known as Wave 0 Schemes.
Below is a list of main works contractors working on these schemes:
| Scheme (Wave 0) | Main works contractor | |
| 1 | Alumhurst Road Children’s Mental Health Unit, Dorset | Kier Construction |
| 2 | Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Dorset | Integrated Health Projects (VINCI Building and Sir Robert McAlpine JV) |
| 3 | St Ann’s Hospital, Dorset | Kier Construction |
| 4 | Dorset County Hospital, Dorchester | Tilbury Douglas Construction |
| 5 | CEDAR Programme [status: complete] | Sir Robert McAlpine Limited |
| 6 | Oriel Eye Hospital | Bouygues (U.K.) Limited |
| 7 | National Rehabilitation Centre | Integrated Health Projects |
The following schemes will start construction between 2025 and 2030. These are known as Wave 1 Schemes.
The 16 hospitals that make up our Wave 1 schemes includes three different types of hospitals, categorised as Wave 1a, 1b and 1c. Awarded contractors for these schemes have been outlined below:
Wave 1a (seven RAAC hospitals)
| Airedale General Hospital | John Graham Construction |
| Frimley Park Hospital | Sacyr UK |
| Hinchingbrooke Hospital | Kier Construction |
| James Paget Hospital, Great Yarmouth | Skanska Construction UK |
| Leighton Hospital | Integrated Health Projects (IHP) |
| Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King’s Lynn | Skanska Construction UK |
| West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds | Dragados Sociedad Anónima |
Wave 1b (fully H2.0 compliant hospitals)
| Hillingdon Hospital, north-west London | Laing O’Rourke |
| Milton Keynes Hospital | Morgan Sindall Construction |
| North Manchester General Hospital | Bovis Construction |
| Women and Children’s Hospital, Cornwall | Willmott Dixon Construction |
Wave 1c (more developed schemes using existing procurement routes)
| Brighton 3Ts Hospital | Laing O’Rourke |
| Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital | Laing O’Rourke |
| Derriford Emergency Care Hospital, Plymouth | Mace Willmott Dixon |
| Poole Hospital, Dorset | Integrated Health Projects |
| Shotley Bridge Community Hospital, Durham | Tilbury Douglas Construction |