New London hospital in £900m boost

London will get one new hospital and three others will be revamped, Health Secretary John Reid announced today. The developments, costing more than £900million, will be largely funded by the private finance initiative scheme.

A £305million, 600-bed acute hospital will be built at Northwick Park hospital in Harrow.

Hillingdon Hospital will have a £271 million facelift and Stanmore ' s Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital will get a £121million investment to replace older buildings. At Great Ormond Street, £225 million will be invested in a new in-patient block, upgrading the cardiac wing and expanding imaging capacity.