A New Hospital for St Helens

Today I visited the new St Helens Hospital, ahead of itsofficial opening later this year.

St Helens Hospital is being redeveloped, along with Whiston Hospital, in a £338m programme. Thanks to the Labour Government this is the biggest single investment in healthcare the community has seen since the NHS was founded 60 years ago.

I was given a tour of the site and its amazing facilities on Marshalls Cross Road by Ann Marr, Chief Executive.

The new hospital has been designed as a modern, state-of-the-art Diagnostic and Treatment Centre to provide first-class, 21st Century healthcare for all patients.

The development of the new St Helens Hospital is great news for the people of the borough who will benefit from the superb new facilities when it opens later this year.