Cost of Midland Met delays set to top £400m

By Jordan Marshall2018-12-04T06:00:00

Figure to pay for work to finish Midland Met and cover current hospital's running expenses

The boss of the NHS trust responsible for completing the Birmingham hospital left in limbo after Carillion’s collapse has revealed the delays caused by the contractor’s failure are set to cost £400m.

In papers published ahead of a board meeting this week of the Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS trust, the trust’s chief executive Toby Lewis revealed the bill to both complete Midland Met and keep City hospital, the facility the new hospital is meant to replace, operational until 2022.

In his chief executive’s report Lewis said: "More than £400m will be spent on completion and enabling works to keep City working until 2022.

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