Wednesday, January 25: Health chiefs have signed an agreement setting out the terms on which land will be bought for a new hospital in Hatfield.
The move was hastily arranged following the revelation that the local NHS debt is set to top £100 million this year.
Critics say the agreement fails to bring a new hospital much closer to reality and accuse NHS managers of organising the event to
divert attention from the debts.
The trust that runs Hemel Hempstead Hospital has closed 11 per cent of beds and has drawn up cuts totalling £14 million to rein in a debt approaching £30 million.
East and North Herts NHS Trust has now signed an agreement with Arlington Securities 'that sets out the terms on which the trust will purchase a 38-acre site on the Hatfield Business Park', Beds and Herts Strategic Health Authority said in a statement.
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