Interim contractor sought for Midland Met hospital stalled by Carillion collapse

By Jordan Marshall2018-07-03T13:11:00

Skanska had been lined up for the job which had its funding pulled last month

Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust has launched a search for an interim contractor to restart work on the Midland Metropolitan hospital site for the first time since Carillion collapsed in January.

Skanska had been in line to takeover from Carillion, with the trust’s chief executive Toby Lewis confirming the contractor was the preferred bidder in April.

That deal now appears to have been scrapped as the trust seeks to explore whether the hospital could be completed using a new PF2 contract.

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