A hospital’s chief executive stated that the hospital is in no condition to “enable any of our closest and dearest to receive treatment” in.
Simon Weldon, chief executive of Kettering General Hospital, stated that the site was a “big heathpotch” and needed urgent attention.
He said that it had not yet received government funding in 2019.
According to the Department of Health and Social Care, the hospital will be reconstructed by 2030.
PS46m was granted to the hospital for a new urgent care center in 2019, and another PS350m for rehabilitation.
To avoid delays, the government had previously agreed to combine two funding streams for the rehabilitation of the hospital.
The government provided the money to pay for the redevelopment as part of its PS3.7bn funding for hospitals.
According to Mr Weldon, the hospital is still waiting for the money. He said that temporary boilers were available which provide power for the entire site.
He said, “If they stop working, the hospital ceases to work.”
He stated that the pipes used for heating the hospital were over 50 years old, and that there was no resilience to the system.
The site is described by Mr Weldon as “a huge hotchpotch” of items, from new things about 10 years ago to old things 100 years ago, and everything in-between.
He said, “Those aren’t conditions a modern hospital should boast of, those aren’t conditions we should ask any staff members to work in, and they aren’t the conditions we should expect our closest and dearest to get care.”
In 2019, the initial PS46m was awarded to the hospital in order to replace the temporary “power station”.
Mr Weldon stated that he would present a business case in order to obtain money “to fix vital infrastructure work that will keep the site safe.”
He said that the hospital needed to be rebuilt and that fixing it would be a waste of taxpayer money.
According to the DHSC, the program to build 40 hospitals in 2030 is “on track”, which included Kettering General Hospital.
It stated in a statement that it was working closely with the NHS trust and the NHS to develop their building plans.
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