The government has announced a further delay to the rebuild plans for Nottingham's Queen's Medical Centre (QMC) and City Hospital, pushing the start date to at least 2037. The delay comes after a review of the nationwide new hospitals programme by the Labour government, which labelled the previous Conservative plan as 'built on the shaky foundation of false hope'.
Plans to rebuild Nottingham's Queen's Medical Centre and City Hospital have been pushed back further to at least 2037, the government has announced. The rebuild plans for the two facilities, both run by the Nottingham University Hospitals Trust , were part of Boris Johnson's pledge to build 40 new hospitals over 10 years when he became Prime Minister in 2019.
The Department of Health and Social Care estimates construction will start between 2037 and 2039 at a cost of more than £2 billion. NUH said it was "very disappointed" by the announcement, describing the project, labelled the 'Tomorrow's NUH' programme as, "desperately needed". Proposals included maternity services being moved under one roof at the QMC.
“This will mean a significant delay to building a new Centre for Women, Children and Families for Nottingham. Our cancer patients will have to wait an additional decade to receive treatment in a bespoke Cancer Care building," Mr May added.
That facility will also be run by NUH and will care for 750 patients a year, employing 160 people. Mr May added: “We need to fully understand the implications of today’s announcement and will be working with NHP over the coming days and weeks to confirm what this means in terms of the different phases of the Tomorrow’s NUH programme.”
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