The government says it remains committed to the redevelopments but other schemes take priority.
Plans have been drawn up to rebuild both the Queen's Medical Centre and City HospitalPlans to rebuild Nottingham's Queen's Medical Centre and City Hospital have been delayed, the government has confirmed.
However the government said, on Thursday, neither project will now be finished before the end of the decade.The Department of Health and Social Care said it was still committed to the long term building of 40 new hospitals but eight projects, including Nottingham's redevelopments, had been delayed becauseIt said the rising cost of construction had also been a factor in the delay to parts of its New Hospital Programme .
However it added: "We will be working with the NHP team over the next few weeks to understand what this announcement will mean for Tomorrow's NUH timescales."After this is completed, outline and full business cases will be developed, which will include the delivery of the enabling works for the programme."
Nottingham South Labour MP Lilian Greenwood said: "It's a pretty disgraceful state of affairs that after 13 years the NHS estate has been allowed to crumble to such a degree that they are now being told patient safety is at risk.
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