As a key part of the plans, the trust hopes to set up health centres “in each neighbourhood” for traditionally hospital-based services such as diagnostics and post-operative care.
It wants to “develop a future-proof health system that allows patients to access care in a timely and safe fashion, and in the place that’s right for them at the time they’re accessing it”, said Dr Coggle.
She said the plans were in their early stages and significant funding was required to progress them further.
Asked whether a hospital costing £2.3bn was a pipedream, she said: “I think it is a very ambitious aim, but equally it is a very necessary aim for us to be able to provide a healthcare system that’s fit for the community for the future.”
Daniel Zeichner, the Labour MP for Cambridge, said that to accommodate growth, “one of the things that has to happen is payback to the local community”.
“In the end, [the money for the hospital] will come from government but it will also come, I would say, from the huge amount of money that will become available through the development of these new sites and new housing,” he said.