PFI route on stalled Carillion hospital job scrapped by trust

By Jordan Marshall2018-09-25T15:38:00

The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen Hospitals NHS trust will now take control of construction contracts

The NHS trust behind the new Liverpool hospital stalled by Carillion’s collapse has decided to scrap the existing PFI agreement.

The move has come as speculation mounts that the government is preparing to bailout the new Royal Liverpool Hospital as it has with Carillion’s other new hospital job in Birmingham.

Aidan Kehoe, chief executive of the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen Hospitals NHS trust, said: “The collapse of Carillion created an unprecedented situation with numerous complex legal and commercial issues that we have been working hard to try to find a solution to, alongside the various parties involved.

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