London NHS trust worries cost of dealing with covid will make new hospital too expensive

By Jordan Marshall2021-02-18T06:00:00

Bosses say meeting new requirements will make St Helier scheme ‘unaffordable’

The NHS trust behind a major hospital redevelopment in London is worried the cost of covid and net zero obligations could make the scheme too costly to build.

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS trust, which was one of six hospital trusts to be handed a share of £2.7bn by the government in 2019, has said a number of factors could make the project to redevelop St Helier Hospital “unaffordable”.

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