The New Hospital Programme (NHP) has announced the appointment of 10 industry leading construction partners to the Hospital 2.0 Alliance (H2A). This is a significant milestone in delivering this hospital building programme, which aims to transform the way healthcare infrastructure is planned, designed and delivered across England. Through collaboration, standardisation and long-term partnerships, NHP aims to reshape the environments in which world-class care is delivered – supporting both today’s patients and the future of the NHS.
At the centre of this transformation is the Hospital 2.0 Alliance. H2A brings together NHS England, NHS Trusts, construction partners and the wider supply chain in an alliance model designed to drive systemic change across the sector.
Aims of the Hospital 2.0 Alliance
• Deliver hospitals that are faster to build, safer and digitally enabled
• Unlock additional capacity within a constrained UK construction market
• Drive value for money, quality, and consistency at scale
• Enable industrialised delivery through Hospital 2.0 standardised designs
• Attract new entrants and international expertise into UK healthcare infrastructure
• Invest in skills, social value and long-term capability across the construction and healthcare sectors.
The H2A Agreement will provide the commercial vehicle for this step change in delivery. In parallel, the Alliance Agreement will establish a collaborative model to drive high performance, enable shared learning and support delivery of a sustained, multi-year national programme.
Health Minister Karin Smyth says: “By backing a standardised approach to hospital building, we are giving the construction sector the certainty it needs to invest in skills, capacity and innovation.
“This is about partnering with industry to deliver better hospitals faster, while driving productivity and value for the NHS and adding to the economic growth of the entire country.”
Ten construction partners
Appointed following a rigorous, fair and transparent procurement process, collectively these businesses bring extensive healthcare construction expertise, additional market capacity and a shared commitment to delivering better hospitals for patients, staff and communities.
• Bovis Construction (Europe) Limited
• Dragados Sociedad Anonima
• Integrated Health Projects (IHP)
• John Graham Construction Limited
• Kier Construction Limited
• Laing O'Rourke Delivery Limited
• Morgan Sindall Construction and Infrastructure Ltd
• Sacyr UK Limited
• Skanska Construction UK Limited
• Willmott Dixon Construction Limited.
Natalie Forrest, Chief Programme Officer at the New Hospital Programme, says: “This is a defining moment for the New Hospital Programme and for healthcare construction in England. The Hospital 2.0 Alliance is about more than building hospitals – it is about transforming how we deliver them. By bringing together DHSC, NHS England, Trusts and industry partners under a true alliance model, we are creating the conditions for faster delivery, better value and consistent quality at scale. The appointment of these construction partners is critical to our capacity and capability, and reflects a shared commitment to collaboration, innovation and long-term investment in skills and social value. Together, we are building a sustainable model that will support the NHS for decades to come.”
