New St Helier shock - £219m development off

News from Siobhain McDonagh MP

New St Helier shock - £219m development off

Siobhain McDonagh has today released shocking information showing that the promised £219m development of St Helier Hospital is no longer going ahead.

Following an enquiry from Siobhain, the Chief Officer of Merton Clinical Commissioning Group has revealed that the scheme is "unaffordable in the current financial context."
 
The CCG goes on to say "the re-development does not feature as one of the Long-Term Financial Modelling scenarios being worked up."

Siobhain says:

"This news represents an appalling betrayal by this Government. St Helier is clearly still under threat of losing our A&E, maternity and other services, and now the redevelopment promised 4 years ago by the previous Government has also been taken off the table.

"Anyone who thinks the battle to Save St Helier is being won needs to think again, and the whole community must step up the fight to save this popular local hospital."

To read the letter from Eleanor Brown, Chief Officer of Merton CCG, please click here.

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