Fixing Frimley Park Hospital (RAAC)

Al Pinkerton is continuing to press for the urgent rebuild of Frimley Park Hospital and greater transparency around the project’s delivery and future location.

Following direct questioning of the Chancellor by Al Pinkerton in Parliament, Frimley Park Hospital was secured in Wave 1 of the Government’s New Hospitals Programme, unlocking up to £2 billion in funding. However, the rebuild has since been delayed by four years, meaning patients and staff will remain in a deteriorating RAAC-affected hospital significantly longer than originally promised.

In Parliament, Al has repeatedly raised concerns about escalating costs, slipping timelines, and the lack of clarity surrounding the infrastructure needed to support the redevelopment. He has warned ministers that major transport upgrades linked to the project appear neither fully costed nor budgeted for, with indications that costs may instead need to come from already stretched contingency funding.

He has also pressed ministers for greater transparency around the hospital site selection process following significant local concern regarding potential redevelopment options within Surrey Heath. He is pursuing further scrutiny of the decision-making framework, planning assumptions, transport implications, and land considerations to ensure any final location is evidence-based, deliverable, and capable of meeting long-term healthcare demand while protecting local communities.

Al’s priority remains securing a modern hospital for Surrey Heath that is supported by the infrastructure, transport capacity, and public accountability needed to deliver it successfully.