It starts with a single bedroom: Industrialising Hospital 2.0

By Paul Ruddick 2025-11-19T07:00:00

The new hospital programme is one of the largest and most ambitious infrastructure projects in the UK. By adopting a platform approach using MMC, we can make it a success and transform the delivery of hospitals for decades to come, Paul Ruddick writes

The UK’s new hospital programme (NHP) is often discussed in terms of its sheer scale: the billions of pounds committed; the size of the projects; the number of people the new hospitals will benefit; and the value to the construction industry of the contracts.

So, one of the programme’s most consequential steps forward could easily be overlooked: a single, full‑scale inpatient bedroom prototype now undergoing testing. The model room, complete with ensuite and corridor, is so significant because it is designed to prove that a standard, repeatable solution can be industrialised at programme scale, cutting risk and accelerating delivery of the next generation of NHS hospitals.

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