Hospital project costs have climbed to £204m since 2012

Jersey’s hospital redevelopment costs have climbed to more than £204m over the past 13 years, newly released government figures show.

According to Treasury and Resources Minister figures, spending on plans for a new hospital and associated healthcare facilities has accumulated to £204.2m since 2012. The total reflects multiple iterations of the project, including two abandoned planning bids for a rebuild on Gloucester Street and the current “health campus” proposals at Overdale.

The most expensive year to date was 2021, when £52.2m was spent under the Our Hospital Project. That year’s outlay included £25m to acquire land and nearly £10m for the Enid Quenault Health and Wellbeing Centre, which is now in use.

In February, Jersey’s planning committee gave unanimous approval for a new £710m acute hospital at Overdale. The government has since invited tenders for major earthworks, which are expected to begin in early 2026.

Costs have continued to mount as the scheme has evolved. In 2023 alone, £38.4m was spent on concept design, land purchases and demolition work at the Overdale site, followed by a further £20.2m in 2024 as plans progressed.

A review published by the Jersey Audit Office last year highlighted longstanding issues with the project’s management. Of the £130.6m spent up to the end of 2022, auditors found that £38.6m had already been written off, warning that further losses were possible as designs continued to shift.

Annual spending on the hospital programme:

• 2012–2013: £0.0m

• 2014–2016: £9.3m

• 2017–2018: £31.6m

• 2019–2020: £17.1m

• 2021: £52.2m

• 2022: £20.5m

• 2023: £38.4m

• 2024: £20.2m

• 2025 (to September): £14.9m

Total: £202.4m

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