COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY: Health secretary Andrew Lansley has backed a plan by Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust to buy land for a new hospital via a compulsory purchase order.

Mr Lansley confirmed via a letter to the board that: “There is a compelling case, in the public interest, for the confirmation of the order to facilitate the construction of a new hospital and associated facilities.”

The trust has already purchased around a third of the site.

It now has to wait approval of the outline business case, which is being reviewed by the Department of Health and the Treasury.

 

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Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust, Project Director’s Report

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27 January 2011

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