collapse of construction firm Carillion<\/a> earlier this year.<\/p>\nThe Hospital Company, chosen as developer by the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust under a private finance initiative (PFI) deal, had until the end of September 2018 to rescue the \u00a3335m project or face contract termination. The trust board decided on 25 September to terminate that contract.<\/p>\n
The government has announced its support for proposals to complete construction work within the public sector as quickly as possible, and open the hospital to patients in 2020.<\/p>\n
The Royal Liverpool Hospital will have 646 beds on 23 wards, including a state-of-the-art critical care unit and a large clinical research facility. It will have 18 operating theatres and the emergency department will be one of the biggest in the North West.<\/p>\n
Health Minister Steve Barclay said: \u201cWhen I visited the new Royal Liverpool Hospital in May, I made clear the government\u2019s commitment to ensuring the construction of this state-of-the-art hospital was finished. I am pleased to today confirm that the government will step in and publicly fund the remaining work so that the hospital is completed, as it has also done with the Midland Metropolitan Hospital in Birmingham.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is a central purpose of PFI that construction risk sits with the funders. This has also been at the heart of the time it has taken since January when Carillion went into liquidation, as the lenders commissioned detailed expert assessments of the previous construction work.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe trust\u2019s board agreed yesterday that the PFI agreement should be terminated after the 30 September 2018, which under the contract is the latest acceptable date for the hospital to be completed. The government has made clear it supports the trust\u2019s decision.\u201d<\/p>\n
Aidan Kehoe, Chief Executive at Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals, said: \u201cWe welcome the statement from Health Minister Steve Barclay. We would like to thank our government colleagues, The Hospital Company and funders EIB and Legal and General for all their hard work over the last 9 months. We have all strived to maintain the existing project agreement, but it has become clear to us that this will no longer be possible. Our board has now agreed that the existing project agreement should be terminated, and that the trust should complete the project.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe trust intends to continue working with the existing construction contractors involved, so that the construction finishes as soon as possible, maximising the value for money of the taxpayers\u2019 investment in the hospital<\/p>\n
\u201cWe would also like to thank all those locally who have supported us throughout this challenging period, including local politicians, in particular our local MP, Louise Ellman, our staff, and our patients.\u201d<\/p>\n
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