Midland Metropolitan Hospital work 'may re-start before end of the year'
Health bosses remain hopeful work on a partially-built hospital could re-start before the end of the year.
Sandwell's NHS boss Toby Lewis said a date of December for work to get going again on the £475m Midland Metropolitan Hospital could still be possible if the green light is given from the Government in the next six weeks.
If that is the case, he said it would "probably" secure an opening date before mid-summer 2022, three years later than originally planned.
Trust bosses have been left frustrated by delays on getting approval from the Government to allow Balfour Beatty to re-start the job that was being done by Carillion before its collapse, while there are now fears a possible general election could throw another spanner in the works at the worst possible time.
