Airedale Hospital will be in wave 1 of the government's New Hospital Programme. Credit: NHS

Contractors shortlisted for New Hospital Programme

20 June 2025 10:26 Sally Gibson Comments (1)

The government has selected the final 16 firms that will compete for work on the £37bn framework to deliver the schemes across England between 2025-2040, which will include Yorkshire’s Airedale General Hospital and Leeds General Infirmary.

The so-called ‘alliance partners’ will be responsible for designing, constructing, and the handover of individual hospital projects, with the talks with the 16 firms expected to conclude in autumn and final appointments made by the end of the year.

The shortlist

Bam Construction
Bovis Construction (Europe)
Bouygues UK
Dragados
FCC Construcción
Integrated Health Projects (Sir Robert McAlpine/Vinci)
John Graham Construction
John Sisk & Son
Kier Construction
Laing O’Rourke
McLaren Construction
Morgan Sindall Construction and Infrastructure
Multiplex Construction Europe
Sacyr UK
Skanska Construction UK
Willmott Dixon Construction

In Yorkshire, Airedale General Hospital, which was built in 1970 using unsafe reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete, has been included in the list of wave 1 projects.

Construction will start between 2027-28, and an estimated cost of £1-1.5bn has been assigned to the project.

Leeds General Infirmary, however, has been pushed back and will now start construction between 2032-34 with estimated costs of between £1.5-2bn.

The project includes a new adult hospital, a new home for Leeds Children’s Hospital, and the UK’s largest single-site maternity facility.

Rick Lennard, executive commercial director at NHP, said: “Thousands of contract opportunities will be created across the UK. This is a nationally important programme, and we welcome innovative partners who can help us deliver it.”