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WQ.265/2023
WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE BY DEPUTY L.J. FARNHAM OF ST. MARY, ST. OUEN AND ST. PETER QUESTION SUBMITTED ON MONDAY 5th JUNE 2023
ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON MONDAY 12th JUNE 2023
Question
“Following the announcement that the Government’s new health facilities proposal will be approximately 30,000 m² bigger than the previous plans for a single site hospital at Overdale, is it the Minister’s assessment that the capital costs of such a proposal will be significantly higher than the £804.5 million budget approved by the previous States Assembly?”
Answer
The full Executive Summary of the Feasibility Report will be presented to the Assembly at the end of June. A commitment has been made to deliver healthcare facilities in a cost-effective way that represents best value for money for Islanders in the present economic climate.
The NHFP provides a plan for healthcare estate development, ensuring that those services that were not previously provided in the Our Hospital scheme (but were considered by other programmes) now have the possibility of being provided in future facilities, as the Island requires. After presenting the report, the NHFP team will focus on Phase One of the preferred multi-site option. This will include developing the concept design to enable costs to be more accurately estimated and exploring funding models in the Outline Business Case for the Government Plan. The costs will be developed by experienced and professional cost advisors using information benchmarked against similar healthcare projects around the world, taking account of Jersey’s particular circumstances. However, the Outline Business Cases will not be published publicly to ensure that the GoJ retains the commercial sensitivity for the procurement of the programme.