Chairman's Announcements
To receive any announcements the Chairman may wish to make.
Minutes:
The Chairman updated the Committee on some changes to membership following District and Borough elections and the County Council’s AGM. The Chairman thanked Councillors Hamilton, Butler, Cooper and Pankhurst for their contribution to the work of the Committee. The Chairman welcomed new Members.
The Chairman provided an update from Hampshire Hospitals and the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board on progress with the new hospital programme. The update is below:
‘We remain on course to deliver a new hospital for Hampshire as part of the government’s national New Hospital Programme. We are currently waiting for an announcement about the capital funding allocation following discussions between colleagues at the Department of Health and Social Care working on the new hospitals programme and HM Treasury. We continue to work closely with our partners and New Hospital Programme colleagues and as soon as we receive a final capital budget, we will finalise our on-going work and take our proposals out for public consultation at the earliest opportunity.’