The New Hospital Programme is the biggest hospital building programme in a generation. It is a dramatic shift in the way we deliver major healthcare projects in England, building hospitals that will transform the health sector and set new standards for the way we build future social infrastructure. We will create world-class health facilities through innovation and collaboration, empowering clinical professionals to deliver the best possible care for patients.

We are replacing outdated infrastructure with modern, innovative, and environmentally sustainable buildings to provide top-class healthcare services and facilities for patients, staff and local communities. Digital technology will change the way healthcare is delivered in these facilities. Smart technology will reduce basic and repetitive tasks and free up time for patient care. Our mission is to help NHS Trusts to provide high-quality, sustainable care for patients, deliver intelligent hospitals, develop national capability, and build better, build faster and build a sustainable legacy.

Rather than treating each project as a standalone scheme, we will capture opportunities to standardise design and leverage scale to maximise effectiveness and efficiency. The New Hospital Programme is transformational and will set new standards for the commissioning of future social infrastructure.

Marisa is an enthusiastic and motivated cost consultant with over 10 years' experience. Marisa understands the benefits of creating value through collaboration, building strong relationships with her clients and supply chains, driving greater societal outcomes through shared goals and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) focused strategies.

Sophie is joint Assistant Director of Transport and Place at the National Infrastructure Commission, which she joined in 2022, coinciding with the final year of the 2nd National Infrastructure Assessment process. As part of this she co-directed the work on transport which included urban, (capacity) inter-urban, (connectivity) and decarbonisation strands.

Sophie is a public sector strategic planner (MRTPI, PhD) by background, and has worked in the West of England, London and South Wales to develop statutory spatial plans at the regional and local level. It is in these contexts that she developed her interest in transport (and other) infrastructure and its interrelationships with wider needs, constraints and opportunities.

Wincanton is a leading British supply chain solutions company. The Group provides business critical services including storage, handling and distribution; high volume eFulfilment; retailer ‘dark stores’; two-person home delivery; fleet and transport management; and network optimisation for many of the UK’s best known companies.

It is active across a range of markets including food and consumer goods; retail and manufacturing; eCommerce; the public sector; major infrastructure; building materials; fuel; and defence. With almost 100 years’ heritage, Wincanton's 19,600-strong team operates from more than 200 sites across the country, utilising 3,500 vehicles.

Malcolm Harbour CBE served as MEP for the UK West Midlands for 3 Parliamentary terms 1999 - 2014. He was Centre-Right leader on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (2004-2009) and Chairman (2009-2014). His legislative work includes the Single Market for Services, Electronic Communications and Standards.

He has a long-standing interest in promoting innovation through public procurement. In 2008, he was Rapporteur for an “own-initiative” report on innovation procurement. From 2009, he had a lead role in shaping Parliament's position on procurement reform and the negotiations for their adoption in 2014.

From 2015-17, he chaired a UK Local Government Taskforce on Innovation Procurement that produced a widely read report. In 2019 he became an Associate Director at the Connected Places Catapult, with an expert steering role on procurement and the development of the Innovative Procurement Empowerment Centre (IPEC), launched in 2023. He has contributed to many CPC reports and is a regular speaker at Procurement Conferences. He Chairs the IPEC Research Consortium with the Universities of Birmingham and Manchester.