£90m PFI hospital on hold as trusts review finances

摘要

A £88m PFI hospital project in Middlesex has been put on hold, one of a number potentially affected as healthcare trusts look to balance their books in preparation for full financial independence. Contractors Sir Robert McAlpine, Balfour Beatty and Prospect Healthcare, a joint venture between Kier Project Investment and Innisfree, are in the running for the rebuilding of the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH) in Stanmore, Middlesex, which was to start |on-site in November 2013. The trust said the dialogue stage with the three short-listed bidders will now not begin until September.