Leeds Teaching Hospitals (LTH) said it needs to press ahead with the scheme before planning permission expires. A new building at Leeds General Infirmary would include a new adults’ hospital, a children’s hospital and maternity centre. Advertisement Advertisement Did you know with a Digital subscription to Yorkshire Post, you can get access to all of our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more.
Early estimates put the cost of the scheme, planned to be open by 2030, at around £650m. The final total is expected to be higher. A progress report published by the trust said: “Delays to the trust’s programme and sequencing have resulted in additional costs, driven by a range of factors, estimated to now be in the region of £250m-£300m.
“These costs will continue to increase as delays continue.” The trust was awaiting the publication of standardised design principles, known as Hospital 2.0, as part of the government’s New Hospital Programme (NHP).
A business case report would then be drawn up and the final cost would be known. Advertisement Advertisement The report also warned that it was not known whether all the extra costs would be funded by the NHP or whether the trust would have to “reduce the scope of its plans”. Outline planning consent, which gives permission in principle for the building work, was secured in June 2020 but would shortly expire, the report said.
It said: “This will result in further delays and.
