Hospitals: Maintenance

Baroness Foster of Oxton Excerpts
Thursday 9th February 2023

(1 year, 10 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Markham Portrait Lord Markham (Con)
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We are assessing best practice around the world in order to design them. That is exactly the point: we are taking on board things from the Netherlands and all round the world to make them state of the art and world class.

Baroness Foster of Oxton Portrait Baroness Foster of Oxton (Con)
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I do not know how many hospitals have been completed, and I accept that there is a huge programme. But what I do know is that, since we came into power, in Liverpool we have had the brand new, state-of-the-art Liverpool University Hospital, a multi-billion pound hospital that has opened recently; Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, a first-class, world-renowned children’s hospital which has been opened in the last few years; and a huge cancer research centre—all within three miles of each other. I am sure there must be many others around the country. Does my noble friend the Minister agree with me on this?

Lord Markham Portrait Lord Markham (Con)
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Yes. Now I am no longer holding anyone up in terms of time, I welcome noble Lords to visit places like Liverpool hospital and Chase Farm Hospital, where they will see brilliant examples of state-of-the-art hospitals. There will be many more—in fact, 40—going forward.