Midland Met hospital struggling to meet opening deadline next summer after covid restrictions blunt progress

By Jordan Marshall2021-04-20T05:00:00

Trust board member says complex not being ready ahead of Commonwealth Games will be a ‘disaster’

The team behind the Midland Met hospital being built in Birmingham has admitted it is struggling to meet its revised deadline of being finished ahead of next year’s Commonwealth Games in the city.

The Smethwick hospital, which is now being built by Balfour Beatty after it was left half-built by Carillion following that firm’s collapse more than three years ago, had earmarked a June 2022 completion date – one month before the games start.

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