Hospital project costs reach £204m since 2012
Government of JerseyThe cost of developing Jersey's new hospital and related healthcare facilities has reached £204.2m since 2012, according to figures released by the treasury and resources minister.
The spending covered multiple attempts to deliver a new hospital, including two failed planning applications for a Gloucester Street site and the approved "health campus" plans at Overdale.
The biggest single-year spend came in 2021, when £52.2m was paid out under the Our Hospital Project.
Jersey's planning committee unanimously approved plans for a new £710m hospital at Overdale in February.
Tenders have been invited for the design and build of the earthworks needed for the hospital.
The government said the works would start early in 2026.
In 2021, when £52.2m was paid out under the Our Hospital Project, it included £25m for site acquisition and £9.6m invested in the Enid Quenault Health and Wellbeing Centre, which is now operational.
In 2023 alone, £38.4m was spent on concept design, site acquisition and demolition at Overdale.
A further £20.2m was spent in 2024 as plans for the acute hospital moved forward.
The Jersey Audit Office in 2023 reviewed how the hospital scheme had been managed over the past decade.
It found that, of the £130.6m spent up to 2022, £38.6m had been written off in wasted costs, with the potential for more losses as plans continued to changed.
Annual breakdown:
- 2012–2013: £0
- 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: £14.9m to September
- Grand total: £202.4m
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