The new Monklands Hospital is now likely to open three years later than anticipated, after a revised project timescale was agreed by NHS Lanarkshire to address “fiscal uncertainty”.
Ground works at the Wester Moffat site had been set to start next year with the help of advance funding ahead of its full business case receiving final Scottish Government approval – but the site start has now been pushed back to a later date.
It means the £400 million hospital is now expected to open in 2031 rather than the previously-hoped 2028, after health board officials agreed to reschedule the works to a later date “when there is expected to be greater clarity on the financial position of NHS Scotland”.
