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States Greffe
Deputy Tom Binet
Minister for Health and Social Services
BY EMAIL
27th August 2024
Dear Minister,
Hospital Review Panel: Proposed Budget 2025-2028
As you will be aware, the Hospital Review Panel is currently undertaking a Review of the New Healthcare Facilities Programme. As part of its review work, the Panel is also considering the New Healthcare Facilities Programme in relation to the Proposed Budget 2025-2028.
The Panel would therefore be grateful if you could provide responses to the following questions, by no later than Tuesday 3rd September 2024.
- We are seeking more information about the detail of funding in the Budget for the Programme:
- Please can you provide details about the increase of £21m above the funding allocated to the Programme in 2024?
- Please can you advise when will you able to provide a breakdown of planned expenditure for 2025?
- Please can you advise how the total estimate for capital expenditure of £710m relates to the total ‘Revised Approval’ in Table 4, ‘Major Projects’ of £770m?
- Please can you confirm the £658m increase in the cost of the Programme from £112m to £770m, as set out in Table 4, reflects the change in approach in this Budget which is seeking approval for the total cost of the Programme?
- Within the ‘Healthcare Facilities’ Major Project, please can you clarify total planned expenditure in relation to the following sites:
- The acute facility at Overdale.
- The ambulatory facilities at Kensington Place and the existing General Hospital Site.
- The Health Village.
- Please can you provide details about what is meant by “meaningful progress” in relation to the “ambulatory facility and Health Village”?
- Please can you provide details about total expenditure on the Programme in 2024 to date, as well as anticipated expenditure in the remainder of 2024?
- Please can you confirm the expected Programme outcomes and deliverables of the expenditure in 2024?
- Please can you confirm the expected Programme outcomes and deliverables of the expenditure in 2025?
Yours sincerely,
Deputy Jonathan Renouf Chair
Hospital Review Panel