Construction on two new hospitals in Preston and Lancashire has been delayed for a second time, with work now not expected to start until 2035 at the earliest. The announcement comes after the Labour government completed a review of the Conservative's “40 new hospitals” pledge. While all previously-announced facilities will still go ahead, the new Royal Preston Hospital and Royal Lancaster Infirmary are amongst nine hospitals placed in a third and final wave of work.
Building work on two new hospitals planned in Preston and Lancashire have been delayed for a second time, with work not starting until 2035 at the earliest. Health Secretary Wes Streeting has confirmed that funding will be made available for the projects after the Labour government completed its review of the “40 new hospitals” pledge made by the previous Conservative administration.
Although no specific date was given for when the now post-2030 hospitals would be open, the Local Democracy Reporting Service revealed at that time that the expectation amongst local NHS leaders in Lancashire was that they would be ready by the mid-2030s. The then chief executive of Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust – which operates the Royal Preston – said shortly after the last government’s announcement that building work would begin on a new facility for the city in 2030.
The completion of the review comes less than two months after the NHS in Lancashire and South Cumbria announced that it had bought two sites where it is proposing to build the new Preston and Lancaster hospitals – while stressing it had an “exit strategy” should the government funding not ultimately be forthcoming.
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