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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Denis Campbell Health policy editor

London NHS hospital trusts in row over £190m rebuilding scheme

Great Ormond Street hospital
Great Ormond Street children’s hospital in central London. UCLH fears ambulances will get snarled up in nearby streets congested with 30-tonne lorries servicing the building site. Photograph: John Stillwell/PA

An extraordinary row has broken out between two NHS hospital trusts, with one accusing the other of endangering the safety of seriously ill patients through a £190m development scheme.

University College London hospital (UCLH) claims Great Ormond Street (GOSH) children’s hospital’s rebuilding of its ageing site will lead to patients being denied time-critical care because they will become stuck in ambulances trapped in construction site traffic.

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