Health Secretary Wes Streeting confirmed plans to rebuild Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) in King's Lynn, Norfolk, but the start date for construction has been pushed back to 2027/28, which means it will not be open until 2032/33.

The long-awaited construction of a new hospital will begin within the next five years, the government has announced. Regional health officials have received confirmation that the proposed Shotley Bridge Hospital in County Durham will be built after years of delays.

The news that a planned new hospital in Hampshire, announced under Boris Johnson's government in 2019, might not see the beginning of its construction until 2037 has provoked reactions from several public figures in Winchester.

Plans to rebuild Frimley Park were announced in September. It has now been confirmed that Frimley Park will be included in the first round of NHS hospital rebuilds and will cost between £1.5bn and £2bn.

The long-awaited rebuilding of Watford General Hospital will not start until 2032 at the earliest, the government has announced. Construction work for the project, which could cost around £1.2bn, will begin between 2032 and 2034.

A host of hospital building projects in England are being delayed with some having to wait up to 14 years before work starts, the government says. Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the plans - which formed part of a 2019 election promise by the Conservatives for 40 new hospitals by 2030 - were not affordable.

THE construction of a new Hampshire hospital will not begin until at least 2037, it has been announced. The £900m plans to build it next to the M3 near Basingstoke, which would lead to the downgrading of Winchester's A&E department,