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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Denis Campbell Health policy editor

Johnson plan to build 40 new hospitals ‘unachievable’, Streeting told

A woman walks towards a hospital entrance surrounded by blue hoarding
Boris Johnson’s promise to build new hospitals has been plagued from the start by delays and cost overruns. Photograph: Matthew Chattle/Alamy

Boris Johnson’s 2019 pledge to build 40 new NHS hospitals by 2030 across England “appears to be unachievable”, government advisers have told Labour ministers.

The warning from the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) comes as Wes Streeting prepares to tell MPs how the government plans to proceed with 25 of the 40 rebuilds which have been paused.

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