Almost half of the 40 hospitals promised by the previous Conservative government have been delayed, the health secretary has said. Speaking in the House of Commons, Wes Streeting said 18 of the projects will now be started between 2030 and 2039, instead of by the original 2030 deadline.

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Streeting said: “The programme we inherited was unfunded and undeliverable. “Not a single new hospital was built in the past five years, and there was no credible funding plan to build forty in the next five years. “Today we are setting out an honest, funded, and deliverable programme to rebuild our NHS.” He said £15 […]

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BASILDON Hospital will be unable to cope with added pressure and demand if more than 27,000 new homes are built across the borough, an MP has told…

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