‘People have been let down once again’: our response to New Hospital Programme announcement
St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group’s Group Deputy Chief Executive, Dr James Marsh, said:
“After decades of false promises, the people of southwest London and Surrey have been let down once again.
“Every year we delay adds up to £150m to the cost of a new hospital and keeping the current buildings safe to provide care.
“We have already had to condemn and demolish one of our wards. It’s only a matter of time before other parts of our hospital become unsafe for treating patients.
“We now need to plan and prepare for the catastrophic failure of our buildings which could mean moving patient care into temporary buildings.
“If the health secretary thinks we can continue to care for patients for 10 years in this building, we invite Wes Streeting to come and see the state of the estate himself.”
