asked Her Majesty's Government:
How many new hospitals are presently under construction in England and Wales; and which of these are in north-west England. [HL2967]
Information on new hospital schemes under construction in England is shown in the following table (information on schemes in Wales is not held centrally by the Department of Health in England).
The table shows that of the 33 schemes currently under construction, four are within the boundaries of the North West Strategic Health Authority (SHA).
SHA National Health Service trust or PCT Capital value £m Financial close/tender award date Operational date Scheme description East Midlands Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust 19 23 December 2004 Q2 2008 Elderly & Mental Health Units East of England Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust 36 27 March 2006 Q2 2008 Garrett Anderson Treatment Centre North East The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals 299 27 April 2005 Q2 2008 Relocation of Northern Centre for Cancer to Freeman Hospital and reconfiguration of Renal and Elderly Services. Redevelopment of Royal Victoria Infirmary. Yorkshire and the Humber Hull & East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust 67 21 February 2006 Q2 2008 Reconfiguration of Cancer facilities South Central Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals 129 13 December 2005 Q2 2008 Integrated Cancer Centre East Midlands Derby Hospitals 312 12 September 2003 Q2 2008 Consolidation of Acute Services on Derby City General Hospital site enabling the development of a community facility on the Derby Royal Infirmary site. East of England South West Essex Teaching PCT 30 29 June 2006 Q3 2008 Reprovision of Brentwood Community Hospital Yorkshire and the Humber Hull & East Yorkshire Hospitals 51 1 August 2006 Q3 2008 Cardiac Centre North West St Helens Hospitals 338 1 June 2006 Q4 2008 Acute Hospital development North West Central Manchester & Manchester Children's Hospitals 512 14 December 2004 Q1 2009 Major work to provide 3 hospitals for Women, Children, Adults and a specialist Eye Hospital South West Taunton & Somerset 21 28 February 2007 Q1 2009 Cancer Centre South Central Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals 29 1 May 2007 Q1 2009 Cardiac Centre West Midlands University Hospital of North Staffordshire 55 1 December 2006 Q1 2009 Maternity & Oncology Unit South West United Bristol Healthcare/North Bristol 64 16 October 2006 Q1 2009 Cardiothoracic Centre East Midlands Sherwood Forest Hospitals 326 29 October 2005 Q2 2009 Rebuild and refurbishment of the King's Mill site and Mansfield Community Hospital. East Midlands Lincolnshire Teaching PCT 29 3 May 2007 Q2 2009 New South Holland Community Hospital East of England West Hertfordshire Hospitals 40 14 October 2007 Q2 2009 Acute Accident Unit South Central Portsmouth Hospitals 236 12 December 2005 Q2 2009 Relocation of Acute services currently spread across three sites on to a single site (which will include a Ministry of Defence unit) East Midlands Derbyshire Mental Health Services 36 9 October 2007 Q2 2009 Reprovision of mental health services East of England South Essex Partnership 32 5 October 2007 Q3 2009 Medium & Low security Mental Health unit on Runwell hospital site North East Tees, Esk & Wear Valleys 75 12 December 2007 Q1 2010 Replacement of St Luke’s hospital offering general and forensic mental health services. West Midlands Walsall Hospitals 169 3 November 2007 Q1 2010 Improving Children's services and provision of primary care centres West Midlands University Hospital Birmingham/Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health 627 8 June 2006 Q1 2010 Single site hospital to replace Selly Oak and Queen Elizabeth Hospitals and provide a new Mental Health Unit (Joint scheme with Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health) East Midlands Northamptonshire Healthcare 36 31 October 2007 Q1 2010 Reprovision of institutional Mental Health services. Includes in-patient and Adult continuing care at Pendereds hospital. London North Middlesex University Hospital 144 27 July 2007 Q2 2010 Reconfiguration of Acute Hospital services Yorkshire and the Humber Mid Yorkshire Hospitals 353 22 June 2007 Q2 2010 Rationalisation from two main sites to one at Pinderfields Hospital. Small Unit at Pontefract. East of England Mid Essex Hospital Services 148 6 December 2007 Q3 2010 Relocation of Maternity Unit and modernisation of Acute Services including DTC in Chelmsford. North West Tameside & Glossop Acute Services 109 13 September 2007 Q4 2010 Integration of services on to one site North West Salford Royal Hospitals 190 5 September 2007 Q1 2011 New build and refurbishment at Hope Hospital Salford London Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children 75 9 October 2006 Q3 2011 Reprovision of hospital buildings East of England Peterborough & Stamford Hospitals 336 29 June 2007 Q1 2012 Reconfiguration of Acute Hospital services West Midlands University Hospital of North Staffordshire/Stoke 375 13 June 2007 Q4 2012 Major new build and reconfiguration at University Hospital site London Barts & the London 1,000 27 April 2006 Q4 2013 Acute site rationalisation