behind the scenes of how one of the uk s biggest hospitals transitions from old to new. we are going this way. liverpool s biggest hospital is on the move. ward 7a is ready to release patients. more than 600 patients and thousands of staff will be transferred to a brand new building. i m quite nervous. we can plan for as many eventualities as possible but actually until the day of the move itself, we won t know exactly who we are transferring. it s taken nine years and more than £850 million to complete. hundred times better, hundred times better. i absolutely cannot wait. any number of things could go wrong, but nothing can. cheering and applause and by the end, the hope is the health services of an entire city will be transformed. absolutely exciting. best thing that could happen to liverpool. siren wails right in the heart of the city, the royal liverpool hospital has been a landmark since the 1970s. i think the building itself at the time it was actually put up was proba
a court case by campaigners who objected to the way it was being funded held it up for more than a year. then it was eventually awarded to a major contractor. carillion. we were involved in the design and we wanted to take it forward, it was an opportunity for us to build a hospital that was fit for purpose so the excitement at that point was immense, it really was. everybody s morale was lifted because we knew that we were getting a better facility to work in. so then obviously when that didn t happen, you know, everybody was really, really disappointed. the work had begun in 2013 with the predicted finish time of 2017. but it swiftly ran into problems. and then. hello, very good morning, you are watching breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. construction giant carillion has gone into liquidation. we found out, as did the rest of the world, around - the collapse of carillioni and it did not take much to put the pieces together in the news, knowing thatj
objected to the weight was being funded held it up for more than a year. then it was eventually awarded to a major contractor. carillion. we were involved in the design and we wanted to take it forward, it was an opportunity for us to build a hospital that fit for purpose so the excitement at the point was immense, it really was. the point was immense, it really was- the point was immense, it reall was. ., ., really was. everybody s morale was lifted really was. everybody s morale was lifted because really was. everybody s morale was lifted because we - really was. everybody s morale was lifted because we knew i really was. everybody s morale l was lifted because we knew that we were was lifted because we knew that we were getting a better facility to work in. so then obviously when that didn t happen, you know, everybody was really. happen, you know, everybody was really, really disappointed. the really, really disappointed. the work had begun in 2013 with the predicted fin
patrolling the building. it is normally empty, to be honest with you, like we patrol an empty building, do you know what i mean, but obviously with everyone coming over today, it is going to be chocka, you know what i mean, really chocka. but good though. among the welcoming party, the trust s chief exec, the fourth since the project began. big day. massive day, massive absolutely. how are you feeling? very, very excited actually, a little bit nervous as you are with these things but excited to see the patients and the staff coming in for the first time. all right, good go, 0k? it has taken 1a years to get here. plans for a new hospital were first announced in 2008 but almost from the beginning the project was beset by setbacks and delays. a court case by campaigners who objected to the way it was being funded held it up for more than a year. then it was eventually awarded to a major contractor. carillion. we were involved in the design and we wanted to take it forward,
it was an opportunity for us to build a hospital that was fit for purpose so the excitement at that point was immense, it really was. everybody s morale was lifted because we knew that we were getting a better facility to work in. so then obviously when that didn t happen, you know, everybody was really, really disappointed. the work had begun in 2013 with the predicted finish time of 2017. but it swiftly ran into problems. and then. hello, very good morning, you are watching breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. construction giant carillion has gone into liquidation. we found out, as didl the rest of the world, around the collapse of carillion and it did not take much to put l the pieces together in the news, . knowing that that was our contractor at the time. a lot of people had invested a lot of time and a lot of planning into it so, you know, to be then told, well actually, it is not happening, was a real blow, a real hard blow. funding complications and serious