The deals bring together NHS trusts and leading contractors to deliver 11 schemes through a new collaborative approach designed to build modern hospitals more efficiently. The partnerships will support the delivery of Hospital 2.0 – the New Hospital Programme’s modern, standardised approach to designing, building, and operating hospitals. The agreements signed on Thursday are:Airedale NHS Foundation Trust – GRAHAMRoyal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust – Willmott Dixon ConstructionFrimley Health NHS Foundation Trust – Sacyr UKNorth West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust (Hinchingbrooke Hospital) – Kier ConstructionHillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust – Laing O’RourkeJames Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust – SkanskaQueen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn NHS Foundation Trust – SkanskaMid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Leighton Hospital) – Integrated Health Projects (VINCI Building and Sir Robert McAlpine Joint Venture)Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust – Morgan Sindall ConstructionManchester University NHS Foundation Trust – Bovis ConstructionWest Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust – DRAGADOS Sociedad AnónimaKarin Smyth, Minister of State for Health, said: “For too long, the construction of new hospitals has been bogged down by bureaucratic procurement processes, even after full approval and funding was in place, and we’re determined to change that. Natalie Forrest, Chief Programme Officer for the New Hospital Programme, added: “The Hospital 2.0 Alliance marks an important milestone for the New Hospital Programme and a new way of delivering major public infrastructure. Together, we’ll deliver hospitals that are safer, more sustainable and designed to meet the needs of patients and staff for generations to come.”