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Welcome to our May edition of the New Hospital Programme (NHP) Industry Bulletin. 

New Hospital Programme (May 2025)

A very warm welcome to this month’s edition of the NHP Industry Bulletin.

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If you have any feedback on the Industry Bulletin or if there are any topics of interest for future bulletins, please contact our Markets and Supply Chain Team at nhp.suppliers@nhs.net

Welcome to our March edition of the New Hospital Programme (NHP) Industry Bulletin. 

New Hospital Programme (March 2025) In this edition we are delighted to share with you our updated New Hospital Programme (NHP) Supplier Guide and a recorded NHP Market Briefing.  We want to ensure you have all of the information you need to prepare your business to deliver work on NHP.

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If you cannot access the bulletin via the link above, download a copy here:  Click here for a PDF copy

In this bulletin, we have included links to our updated NHP Supplier Guide and NHP Market Briefing.  We would appreciate your feedback in response to our Skills & Apprenticeship Snap Poll and Market Briefing Questionnaire.  Please read the NHP Industry Bulletin to access the links.

If you haven’t already, register your interest in the programme and receiving updates via email, by filling in our Survey:  New Hospital Programme – Supply Market Survey

If you have any feedback on the Industry Bulletin or if there are any topics of interest for future bulletins, please contact our Markets and Supply Chain Team at nhp.suppliers@nhs.net

We are thrilled to support National Apprenticeship Week (NAW) and shine a light on our inspirational apprentices gaining skills for life in the New Hospital Programme.

NAW is part of the Department for Education’s ongoing #SkillsforLife campaign which is engaging young people, adult learners, and employers with government skills and training programmes, building the foundations for an enduring national capacity.

Gracie Quinn applied for a number of apprenticeship schemes and successfully secured a role with NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group as part of the project support team in the NHP. Since starting, Gracie achieved a Level 3 Business and Administration qualification, providing her with transferable skills for her next role at the Integrated Care Board (ICB).

Louis Brown is an Apprentice Surveyor for NHP. Louis worked in the construction industry prior to starting his apprenticeship and was introduced to colleagues in construction management, who were supportive in signposting Louis to relevant apprenticeship schemes.

Visit NHP Linkedin page for more details.

For information on how to hire an apprentice visit www.apprenticeships.gov.uk/employers

The New Hospital Programme continues to progress plans to establish a partnership with main works contractors to support delivery of the programme. To date this has been referred to as the Main Works Partnership (MWP).

As we look to launch the formal procurement process, we are renaming this partnership to reflect the collaborative, enterprise approach that the NHP Agreement and commercial strategy will create. It will now be known as the Hospital 2.0 Alliance.

The NHP Agreement will similarly be known as the Hospital 2.0 Alliance Agreement.

These changes are in name only with no changes to the principles of the Agreement or commercial strategy, or the substance of any documents shared to date, as a result.

We are awaiting government approval to launch the procurement and this is in the final stages of approval with Cabinet Office. We currently expect to be able to launch the SQ in the coming weeks. Please look out for further communication from us next week on the outcome of the government review into the New Hospital Programme.

If you have any queries, please contact nhp.suppliers@nhs.net

Last month, the New Hospital Programme (NHP) held an industry roundtable with The Rt. Hon. Wes Streeting MP, hosted by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE).

NHP invited the Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England, Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA), National Infrastructure Commission, as well as senior leaders from industry. NHS England provided context to the discussion by sharing the potential of NHP to drive efficiency through the development of its clinically-led, Hospital 2.0 approach.

Key topics were explored in the context of the long-term NHS plan, providing valuable feedback from industry experts to inform the ongoing development of NHP’s upcoming Industrial Strategy.

Here are some of the key points guests raised on the night:


1. What makes hospital builds attractive to the market and what does industry need from NHP and government?
We heard how funding security and a committed pipeline are essential, as well as investment in skills and capabilities, with the ability to import talent and expertise.
Approvals and governance processes need to be efficient.
We heard about the importance of collaboration and working in partnership to deliver, and the need for NHP to rebuild confidence and trust with the market. Support is needed from the Government to pursue ‘different’ commercials models, supported by certainty and stability, with the removal of the ‘stop/start’ culture.

2. How should the market be engaged to deliver industrialised solutions, and what is the role of the NHP and wider government in encouraging this investment?
Standardisation is key as it will create capacity in manufacturing without the need to build more factories. We need to ‘Go slow, to go fast’, get it right and then avoid change with control from the centre. There is also an opportunity to disperse prosperity by targeting geographical areas to increase manufacturing capability.

3. These hospitals will only work as part of a system enabled by digital solutions. What is needed for the NHP to be a genuine catalyst for change?
Government procurement cycles don’t match the pace of technology. We need to protect the front door of the hospital by minimising the number of people needing to use the facility and help clinicians. Patient technology should be used to humanise the experience, and patient data safety must be protected. We also discussed how smart buildings have the potential to save on operational spend.

In November, over 170 businesses, including 68% small and medium-sized enterprises, met in Plymouth to hear about plans for future healthcare infrastructure delivery of the Women and Children’s Hospital in Truro and Derriford Emergency Care Hospital in Plymouth, and the local skills and employment opportunities these projects will provide in the South-West of England.

Through presentations and networking, participants met with representatives from New Hospital Programme (NHP), University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, Willmott Dixon, Cornwall Construction Skills Advisory Forum and Building Plymouth.

NHP has the potential to provide work to thousands of businesses, big and small, from across the UK over several years. Today’s event is part of our ongoing programme of engagement to ensure that firms across the UK get ready to bid for work and put themselves in the best position possible to be successful.

Speaking about the event, NHP’s Chief Programme Officer, Morag Stuart, said:

“These projects are at the forefront of transforming the country’s future hospital delivery. We want to build a collaborative supply chain that will deliver hospitals faster and at less cost – as well as an enduring capability to build hospitals far into the future. Connecting a wide variety of companies across the South-West and beyond is key to the programme’s success.”

You can view the slides presented at the event in the links below:

• Download the full event slides
• Download the preview of NHP Skills Guide