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Jersey Hospital maximum size = 57,446 square meters £805.5m / 57,446 = £14,021 per square meter
/assemblypropositions/2020/p.123-2020.pdf From Statista:
"London is the region with the highest building costs for all three types of hospital recorded here"
A General Hospital built in London in 2018 was the most expensive hospital built in the UK between 2016 and 2018, but it cost just £3,780 per square meter.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/601817/hospital-building-cost-uk-2016/
At say £4,000 per square meter in 2021, we could build a hospital of over 200,000 square meters for £805.5m.
My view is that the planned hospital and its equipment is either massively spec'd over the island's needs for the next 50+ years, or the architects, builders and equipment suppliers are making a massive profit, chances are it's a bit of both.
Either way, there is no way this hospital should be costing taxpayers much north of £4,000 per square meter, which equates to £229,784,000 for a 57,446 square meter hospital.
Please follow this up and look into UK new General Hospital build costs, even if you use London to compare with I'm sure you will find that £805.5m is not even close to good value for the island.
John Scarott