Claim: Sajid Javid claimed to be opening one of 48 new hospitals in August 2021, but it was actually a new cancer centre at an existing hospital in the pipeline years before Boris Johnson pledged to build 40 and later 48 new hospitals.
Fact-check: Did Sajid Javid open a 'new hospital' in Carlisle? - Full Fact
Verdict: the new building is on the site of an old part of carlisle infirmary, which was planned before boris johnson pledged to build 40 new hospitals during the 2019 election.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Grace Rahman
Date published: 2021-08-25T00:00:00