Flagship hospital hit by Carillion collapse and pandemic to open six years late

By David Blackman2024-08-23T10:20:00

The new Midland Metropolitan Hospital by HKS, Edward Williams Architects and Sonnemann Toon

Balfour Beatty announces go ahead given for Midland Metropolitan Hospital to open on 6 October

A flagship Midlands super-hospital, which was hit by both Carillion’s 2018 collapse and the pandemic, is opening in October, six years late.

Balfour Beatty, which was drafted onto the job in 2019, has announced that Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust board has given the go ahead to open the Midland Metropolitan Hospital (MMU) in Smethwick on 6 October.

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