Trust votes in favour of raiding public purse to finish Carillion hospital

By Jordan Marshall2018-08-03T06:00:00

A new private finance option had previously been the preferred vehicle for finishing the Midland Metropolitan hospital

The NHS trust behind one of the two PFI hospital jobs stalled by Carillion’s collapse has voted in favour of asking the government to bailout the project.

The board of the Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, which met yesterday, voted in favour of using public funds to finish the two-thirds-built Midland Metropolitan Hospital.

In a statement, the trust said: “Assessing either a new private finance option, or changing to a publicly funded model, the Board has reversed its prior preference for PF2, and opted instead for a public funding model.

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