A statement has been issued on plans to demolish two buildings at a city hospital. Plans were recently put forward for two buildings at Nottingham City Hospital to be knocked down.
One plan, to take down a prefabricated concrete panel structure building which was used as a Leisure Centre at the City Hospital was approved on March 8 by Nottingham City Council. Another proposal was recently put forward for the demolition of the Stroke Research Unit at the hospital.
Andrew Chatten, Director for Estates and Facilities at Nottingham University Hospitals, confirmed planning applications had recently been submitted for demolition of two buildings at the City Hospital. A spokesperson for Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) said: "This is not part of the Trust’s longer-term plans for the future of the hospital site through the Tomorrow’s NUH programme, simply that the two buildings are in very poor physical condition and it is uneconomic to repair them for alternative uses."
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Mr Chatten added: “We absolutely have an exciting vision for the future of both our main hospital sites as one of the Trusts set to receive funding through the Government’s New Hospital Programme - a commitment to build more than 40 new hospitals by 2030, backed by an initial £3.7 billion. However, our plans through Tomorrow’s NUH are still very much at a formative stage, and the demolition of these buildings is simply part of our normal operations.”
Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH), the trust which runs City Hospital and Queen's Medical Centre, recently outlined new plans as part of Tomorrow's NUH, a programme aimed at transforming its services and facilities by 2030. Nottingham maternity services could be moved to the Queen's Medical Centre under plans to reshape the city's hospitals.
The services, which are currently spread across both the QMC and City Hospital, would be placed under one roof at a proposed Women’s and Children’s Hospital on the campus. It also is set to benefit from the Government's New Hospital Programme, which is investing in buildings and equipment across the NHS.
