The government has today confirmed which NHS Trusts are set to benefit from the Estates Safety Fund in 2025–26.

As highlighted by Lord Darzi’s independent review of the NHS, years of underinvestment in capital infrastructure have left many NHS estates in a deteriorating and unacceptable condition. Urgent action is needed, and that’s why restoring and modernising our healthcare estate is a key part of our plan to build an NHS that is ready for the future. While this will take time, the government is committed to delivering the improvements required.

To support this ambition, £750 million has been allocated for estate safety improvements in 2025- 26. This funding will help address critical infrastructure and safety risks across hospitals and other NHS facilities, targeting the poorest-quality buildings to ensure safer, more sustainable environments for healthcare delivery. It forms part of the wider health capital budget announced by the Chancellor in last year’s Autumn Statement.

Indicative funding allocations were shared with NHS systems in January through capital planning guidance. Systems have since prioritised projects to maximise safety benefits locally, with final allocations approved centrally based on the strength and strategic importance of proposals submitted.

The Estates Safety Fund will invest in relatively small scale but important building safety works, including:

• fixes to leaking roofs
• upgrades to faulty electrical wiring
• addressing fire safety requirements, new air handling units and other schemes identified by systems as local priorities

In the constituency, three sites have been successful in securing funding for schemes: West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre,  Charlotte Road Health Centre and Springfield Centre.