Sajid Javid has issued an update on when the new Royal Liverpool Hospital is set to open.
The Health Secretary visited the hospital today to look at a new robotics surgery unit. However, the pioneering technology is currently set up in the old building as the new facility remains unfinished, five years after it was originally planned to open in 2017.
The new Royal Liverpool Hospital has been hit by a series of delays following the collapse of original contractor Carillion. NHS Trust bosses have previously said the opening was expected in the autumn, but Mr Javid indicated the project could now be on track to open as early as September. He told the ECHO: "The move will start next month and then by September, patients will start entering and staff will start using the new hospital."
