Today the Government has confirmed Hampshire Hospitals Trust can move forward to the next stage of their work to build a new Hospital to serve the people of Basingstoke. The Hospital Trust’s detailed business plan has been developed over the past 3 years, with widespread support including through ‘Hampshire Together’, a group of stakeholders that met through the pandemic, now has the thumbs up from the Treasury securing £800 million making it the largest ever infrastructure project Basingstoke has ever seen.
Maria said, ‘’Hampshire Hospital Trust has secured £800 million from the Government to fund our new Hospital which is the largest infrastructure investment in Basingstoke’s history and the result of an extraordinary piece of teamwork led by the Trust’s Chief Executive Alex Whitfield. We now move onto the next stage with the team on the ground being able to launch a Public Consultation, secure the preferred site, and then apply for detailed planning consent.
“It is only right that the Treasury and the NHS have a process of rigorous scrutiny to ensure public money is well spent. Whilst the NHS has been focussed on keeping us all safe through the Pandemic and tackling the backlog of medical treatment, our Trust has also continued to work hard to get its detailed business plan through the extensive NHS approval process and successfully approved by the Treasury.
I know that residents across Basingstoke are looking forward to this process moving forward as quickly as possible. This is a huge step forward, allowing our local NHS to replace a much loved 1970s Hospital with a state of the art new facility fit to serve the residents of Basingstoke, North and mid Hampshire.’’
