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Watford Hospital

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will bring forward from 2032 the New Hospital Programme construction work to redevelop Watford General hospital should capacity become available.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
13 May 2026
Target answer date
18 May 2026
Answer
18 May 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will bring forward from 2032 the New Hospital Programme construction work to redevelop Watford General hospital should capacity become available.

  2. 18 May 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 18 May 2026

    Answer published

    Watford General Hospital is part of Wave 2 of the New Hospital Programme, as set out in the published Plan for Implementation. Pre-construction activity, which includes business case development and enabling works, is expected to commence from 2028, with ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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