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By Tom Lowe2023-11-17T12:12:00
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Public Accounts Committee says it is “extremely concerned” by lack of progress on £20bn programme
The government’s claims that using modern methods of construction will cut costs and delivery time on new hospital projects are at risk of being “pipe dreams”, an inquiry has found.
The Public Accounts Committee’s (PAC) first report on the £20bn new hospital programme (NHP) found that a failure to allow time for proper piloting of approaches such as material standardisation could “bake in” design and construction issues.
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