Future
A redevelopment of the site planned for 2012 has now been abandoned after the withdrawal of one potential PFI partner. Subsequent plans to redevelop the hospital in stages has also been put on hold whilst financial turnaround is in progress.
As of summer 2006 the hospital is undergoing a turnaround process, designed to head off a projected £40 million deficit. The turnaround team is headed by an external consultant and is expected to take up to three years to bring the hospital back to financial viability. Around 450 jobs are expected to be lost including nurses, doctors, administrators and managers.
Unrelated to the financial situation faced by the hospital, a review of the North East London health economy has cast doubts over the future of the hospital and / or neighbouring King George Hospital when the newly upgraded Oldchurch Hospital is complete. It is not clear if the work of the turnaround team will place the hospital in a better or worse position for the next review, as it is not yet clear which services might be required on a smaller and more acute site into the future.
As of early 2011 the redevelopment of the A&E Department is going ahead and is expected to be finished before the 2012 Summer Olympics.
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