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Our new hospital will come, so make sure you have your say

03 March 2025

In January this year, the government confirmed the funding and timetable for a new, state-of-the-art hospital for Harlow, following a review of its New Hospital Programme (NHP). The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) now falls into ‘wave two’ of the NHP and has been advised it can...

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Construction on new hospital to start in 2032

21 January 2025

In a statement on Monday 20 January 2025, the government has confirmed the funding and timetable for a new, state-of-the-art hospital for Harlow, following a review of its New Hospital Programme (NHP). The NHP will now be delivered in waves of investment, with The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS...

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From six to 40 by 2030

30 May 2023

Following the exciting news that funding for our new hospital has been reconfirmed by the Government as part of a major funding package for NHS hospitals in England, we thought we’d shed some light on the bigger picture for new hospitals across the country. And what it all means for the new...

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Government gives green light on funding for our new hospital

25 May 2023

Full funding for a new, state-of-the-art hospital for Harlow has been confirmed by the Government today as part of a major funding package for NHS hospitals in England. The Government’s New Hospital Programme (NHP) will build 40 new hospitals in England by 2030 The new Princess Alexandra Hospital...

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This ain't no TV drama

21 November 2022

Severe sewage floods, overheating theatres, failing roofs and escaping medical gas reads like the unlikely plot of a hospital disaster drama, but is in fact typical of a week at PAH. In a recent article in the Health Service Journal: Hospital with 600 estate ‘incidents’ demands ‘urgent’...

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Walking the tightrope

04 July 2022

I’m often asked the question: why choose green and not brown? I’m referring of course to the site for our new hospital. Our plan is to build a brand new hospital on a greenfield site, but the decision to go greenfield instead of developing and upgrading our existing brownfield site has not been...

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High tides and good vibes

17 June 2022

A wet and windy day in February seems a distance memory as I type this during the first heatwave of the summer. And I suspect the seaside at Poole in Dorset is a tad busier today than it was when I visited it four months ago. But I didn’t go all that way (even in February) for an ice-cream and a...

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For the future, not just the here and now

25 January 2022

We talk a lot in the NHS about delivering the right care, at the right time and in the right place. We want our patients to feel that their care is designed around their needs rather than around ours. That they can feel some sense of control over how, when and where they are treated. The opportunity...

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More than ‘just’ a hospital

10 November 2021

When we think about the impact a hospital has on its locality, we think of it in terms of how many people have been treated, how many babies have been born, how many lives have been saved. Last year alone, the Princess Alexandra Hospital treated over 87,000 people in our emergency department, held...

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Mechanical engineers to make-up artists

09 November 2021

It’s Monday morning and I’m going through the usual routine of checking my diary to see what the week has in store. A vast array of meetings with people from different professions. It struck me just how wide the range of skills needs to be to deliver a new hospital. Who would ever guess you...

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