Contractors give Carillion's Midland Met Hospital job the cold shoulder, forcing bosses to ask for public bailout

By Jordan Marshall and Dave Rogers2018-08-01T11:31:00

NHS Trust set to go cap in hand to government after board meeting tomorrow

The board of the NHS trust responsible for the delivery of Carillion’s stalled Birmingham hospital job is set to ask government to bail out the flailing project.

Toby Lewis, chief executive of the Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS trust, said board members would consider asking government for cash to complete the £350m job when it meets tomorrow.

He said: “We will consider an executive recommendation to complete the Midland Metropolitan Hospital construction under direct contract, using public money from national sources. This would be in preference to procuring a new private finance vehicle.

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