Stalled Carillion hospital job set to terminate PFI contract

By Will Ing2018-09-12T09:19:00

The NHS Trust behind Liverpool project could cancel PFI deal at the end of the month

The NHS trust behind the stalled Royal Liverpool Hospital will have the option of declaring the project in default from the end of September, according to the Department of Health and Social Care.

The 646-bed hospital was originally scheduled for handover in March 2017 but was still a year away from completion when its contractor Carillion collapsed in January.

The last day in September marks the longstop date set in the PFI contract Carillion signed with Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust in 2013.

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