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Court cases between NHS trusts and private sector companies are not unusual, but the latest example looks a particularly feisty affair.
Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust has taken legal action against construction giants Lendlease after identifying wide-ranging structural defects across the entire estate at its flagship Cramlington Hospital.
The trust, which is led by former NHS Improvement boss Sir Jim Mackey, is seeking nearly £100m in damages, compensation and remedial works – a huge amount given the fact that the hospital itself cost around £95m to build. At its time of opening, the hospital was hailed as the NHS’ first purpose-built specialist emergency hospital.
Coronavirus deaths in North East hospitals set to exceed 2,500 this week
The figure is for all nine NHS foundation trusts in the region since March and comes as experts predict a spike in infection rates
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The number of patients who have died in a North East hospital and have tested positive for Covid-19 is to set to exceed 2,500 this week.