Balfour Beatty has received approval from the Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust board for its Midland Metropolitan University Hospital project, set to open on October 6, 2024. The project includes the construction of a new nine-floor, state-of-the-art hospital building, the largest acute care hospital in the region, with approximately 700 beds for inpatients. The hospital will serve over half a million people and provide facilities for acute and emergency care, as well as paediatric, maternity, and inpatient adult care.

Additionally, the site will house a new £18 million learning campus, largely funded from Towns Fund investment, set to open in 2025. This facility will offer further and higher education courses, apprenticeship opportunities, and employment within the new hospital, benefiting the local population.

Lindsay McGibbon, Managing Director of Balfour Beatty’s Regional Buildings business, expressed gratitude for the hard work and dedication of the team in delivering the transformative hospital. Richard Beeken, Chief Executive of Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, emphasized the significance of the new hospital in delivering emergency care that exceeds expectations and benefits the wellbeing of patients and staff.

The Midland Metropolitan University Hospital is poised to become the center of acute and emergency care at the Trust. For more information about the project, visit the Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust website.

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