Kettering hospital boss says site is not fit for care

The chief executive of a hospital has said the building is not in a condition "we should expect any of our nearest and dearest to receive care" in.

Kettering General Hospital chief executive Simon Weldon described the site as "a big hotchpotch of things, some things that are new, about 10 years old, to things that are 100 years old, and everything in between".

He added: "Those are not conditions a modern hospital should be proud of, those are not conditions we should ask any staff to work in, they are not the conditions we should expect any of our nearest and dearest to receive care."

The initial £46m the hospital was award in 2019 was to replace the temporary "power plant". 

Mr Weldon said he would submit a business case to get money "to fix the vital infrastructure work that will keep this site safe". But he said the hospital really needed to be rebuilt, and that "fixing the hospital would be bad value for taxpayers".

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Source: BBC News, 7 July 2022