£37bn Hospital 2.0 Alliance Framework awarded to deliver UK’s New Hospital Programme

£37bn Hospital 2.0 Alliance Framework awarded to deliver UK’s New Hospital Programme

NHS England has awarded a £37bn framework to deliver the New Hospital Programme, marking one of the largest healthcare construction pipelines in the UK.

The Hospital 2.0 Alliance (H2A) Framework establishes a multi-supplier delivery model designed to standardise the design and construction of new hospitals across the country.

Running from March 2026 to March 2032, the framework will act as the primary route for awarding major capital works, including detailed design, construction, commissioning and handover of hospital schemes.

A total of 10 contractors have been appointed to the framework, including Willmott Dixon Construction, GRAHAM, Kier Construction, Laing O’Rourke, Morgan Sindall Construction and Infrastructure and Skanska Construction UK, alongside several international partners.

The framework sits alongside a wider alliance agreement, bringing together NHS England, Trusts and contractors into a collaborative delivery environment aimed at improving efficiency, consistency and outcomes across the programme.

A key objective of the Hospital 2.0 approach is to standardise hospital design and delivery, enabling faster project mobilisation, improved cost certainty and more efficient use of resources at scale.

The agreement includes an annual review mechanism, allowing the model to evolve as the programme progresses and lessons are learned.

While the framework itself is not directly open to SMEs, it is expected to generate significant opportunities across the supply chain as projects are brought forward under call-off contracts over the next six years.

The award signals a major step forward in the delivery of new healthcare infrastructure across the UK, with a long-term pipeline of work now formally established.