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A business case for the second phase of the West Cumberland Hospital redevelopment in Whitehaven has been approved, following completion of the first phase in 2015.
Outline consent was awarded in October and a full planning application is expected to be submitted in the coming months.
The £40m second phase of the hospital redevelopment is intended to upgrade facilities for patients and staff to create a better environment, while retaining bed capacity and services and improving the hospital’s ability to undertake additional planned operations in future.
The scheme is being delivered by North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, which completed the first phase, which cost around £90m and saw the opening of the new hospital building, in 2015. Subsequent work completed in 2019 to open a breast screening department and redevelop the cardiology and vascular services at the hospital.
Approved: Artist impression of the new West Cumberland Hospital as phase two gets the green light The second phase of the redevelopment of the West Cumberland Hospital has been approved. The £40m investment to deliver the next phase of redevelopment was given the go-ahead by the NHS Improvement. The development will bring a huge upgrade in facilities for both patients and staff. It is proposed that it will create a better environment, retaining bed capacity and services for the site and improving the capacity to undertake additional planned operations in the future. North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust has developed an ambitious plan to replace about 40 per cent of the original structure at the hospital and build on the £90m first phase of the project which was completed in 2015.