I was pleased to have the opportunity to ask for an update on the Hospital Transformation Programme at Prime Minister's Questions today (29 June 2022).
Daniel Kawczynski Conservative, Shrewsbury and Atcham
This year, we are investing nearly £190 billion in the NHS, and yet many of us see disturbing deficiencies within NHS management, no more so than in the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust. In 2018, my right hon. Friend the Member for Ludlow (Philip Dunne) and I secured £312 million for a major A&E modernisation in our local hospital trust, but, four years on, construction has still not started. What message can the Deputy Prime Minister give to the people of Shrewsbury as to how the Government can intervene to break the gridlock and finally allow the £312 million that we secured to be used to benefit the people of Shropshire and mid-Wales?
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- (Citation: HC Deb, 29 June 2022, c293)
Dominic Raab Deputy Prime Minister, The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
My hon. Friend is a doughty champion for his constituents, particularly on NHS services. The DHSC recently received the strategic outline case for the transformation of A&E services in Shrewsbury and Telford. It is still being processed, but I can tell him that the trust is aiming to present the full business case in 2023, with construction starting in the same year.
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