PRESS RELEASE : New G2G agreement with the UK will enable US$630 million hospital infrastructure benefiting 5 million Peruvians [August 2024]

The press release issued by the Foreign Office on 16 August 2024.

Signing of new Government to Government agreement between the Government of Peru and the Government of the United Kingdom.

• The signing took place at the Presidential Palace in Lima on Friday 16th August 2024 with the attendance of President Dina Boluarte, between His Majesty’s Ambassador to Peru Gavin Cook and Peruvian Ministry of Health Dr. César Vásquez Sánchez

Lima, 16 August 2024. The Government of Peru and the UK Government have signed a new government to government agreement to enable the delivery of a large-scale $630 million hospital infrastructure that will benefit around 5 million Peruvians in northern regions of the country.

The programme is a priority for the Peruvian government, as it aims to increase healthcare provision in those regions and reduce the regional healthcare gap in the country. It envisions the construction of two hospitals: the “Piura High Complexity Hospital” in the region of Piura, and the “Trujillo Regional Teaching Hospital” in the region of La Libertad, both in northern Peru.

The agreement further strengthens the UK and Peru’s diplomatic and trading relationship. Similarly, this new partnership enables a consortium of UK businesses – with local and international experience – to support the delivery of two large-scale hospitals, managed by the Peruvian Health Investment Agency, PRONIS.

HMA in Lima, Gavin Cook, said:

Today, the signing of this new Agreement is focused on closing gaps in health infrastructure and improving health services in a decentralised manner, promoting the implementation of hospitals following international best practices and standards in the care of people, and raising the quality of hospital infrastructure.

We hope that this is just the beginning of a new era of cooperation between the UK and Peru in the field of health where the UK can share the experience of the National Health Service (NHS) and the entire ecosystem of hospitals, primary care clinics, equipment suppliers, laboratories and researchers in the service of the health for the population.

We want to not only deliver hospitals but also promote access to innovation, knowledge transfer and capacity building to improve people’s healthcare.

Following an open procurement process, the UK consortium “UK Healthcare Alliance”, made up of Gleeds, Currie & Brown and Aecom, has been selected as partner on this large-scale hospital programme. The consortium will provide technical assistance, design and programme management, which will enable the hospital programme to progress.

The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed also commits the British Embassy in Lima and the Peruvian Government to work together in the areas of health and social infrastructure, sharing best practice and expertise, fostering knowledge transfer at all levels. The UK-Peru Healthcare Partnership will be formed to promote knowledge exchange and innovation in healthcare infrastructure.

This agreement is the fourth G2G agreement signed between the UK and Peru in the infrastructure sector, further enhancing our strong bilateral and trade relationship, boosting public investment as well as delivering social and sustainable infrastructure, resilient to climate change.

In 2017, the G2G partnership for the organisation of the Pan American and Parapan American Lima 2019 Games began. In 2020, the Reconstruction Programme was launched, which we are now implementing together with the National Infrastructure Authority. The third G2G agreement was signed in 2021 with the Special Public Investment Project Bicentennial Schools.

Through G2G agreements, the UK has brought international expertise and best practice to the Peruvian infrastructure landscape including through innovations in digital construction and the use of standard international contracts, that have reduced procurement timelines and increased transparency.