Boris Johnson promised to build 40 new hospitals – this is how many actually opened

EXCLUSIVE: Boris Johnson pledged to build 40 new hospitals in England by 2030 as part of a programme worth £3.7 billion. This was promised to be the “biggest” hospital building programme “in a generation”. But how much progress has been made? EXCLUSIVE: Boris Johnson pledged to build 40 new hospitals in England by 2030 as part of a programme worth £3.7 billion. This was promised to be the “biggest” hospital building programme “in a generation”. But how much progress has been made?