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.

Wes Streeting said the cost of each new hospital would be between £1bn and £1.5bn. Both sites have been affected by problems with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac). Streeting said the 40 new hospitals proposed in 2019 by the Conservatives would go ahead but they would take a decade longer to complete,

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.

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 b

Construction of the Essex hospital will get under way between 2032 and 2034. The project has been estimated to cost between £1.5bn to £2bn and will replace the current hospital, which was originally opened in 1963.

Patients and staff at Kettering General Hospital (KGH) will have to wait for at least five years for the start of the much-awaited rebuild programme.

Up to £1.5bn would be pledged to rebuild a town's hospital, the government announced. Construction is due to begin on Kettering General Hospital in Northamptonshire between 2032 and 2034. Health Secretary Wes Streeting said between £1bn and £1.