Decision imminent on £420m Royal Sussex development (From The Argus)
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Decision imminent on £420m Royal Sussex development
10:29am Tuesday 29th May 2012 in News
PLANS: An aerial view of the proposed Royal Sussex development
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley is expected to give a formal decision on a £420 million hospital redevelopment this week.
If he gives the go-ahead to the proposals for Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton it will mean funding for the first stage of the ten-year project can be released.
The money will pay to decant staff and equipment out of older buildings and into the former St Mary’s Hall School nearby so preparation work on the main site can begin.
The next step in the process will be the production of a full business case which will be sent to the Government to consider.
South East Coast Strategic Health Authority and Brighton and Hove City Council have already approved the scheme.
The redevelopment will create hundreds of jobs during and after construction. It will involve the demolition and replacement of the ageing Barry and Jubilee buildings, an expanded cancer centre and an underground car park.
The existing Thomas Kemp Tower will have a helicopter pad added which means critically ill patients will get the treatment they need more quickly.
Comments(3)
Tel Scoomer
says...
1:31pm Tue 29 May 12
bug eye wrote:This looks incredibly like the story on Brighton and Hove News yesterday. The links at the end of their story answer your questions.
next step, next step, next step, but when will it be officially approved and building actually start?
The last financial hurdle - Treasury approval - is hoped for in October but, in all honesty, who knows. The Treasury is a law unto itself.
The 'decant' should start this summer and building work proper next spring.
bug eye
says...
5:53pm Tue 29 May 12
Tel Scoomer wrote:"The next step in the process will be the production of a full business case which will be sent to the Government to consider."
bug eye wrote:This looks incredibly like the story on Brighton and Hove News yesterday. The links at the end of their story answer your questions.
next step, next step, next step, but when will it be officially approved and building actually start?
The last financial hurdle - Treasury approval - is hoped for in October but, in all honesty, who knows. The Treasury is a law unto itself.
The 'decant' should start this summer and building work proper next spring.
then what?
bug eye says...
12:20pm Tue 29 May 12