\n The Trust said it has completed the first stage of preparatory work, including ground investigations and utilities surveys, and is now working on detailed designs ahead of submitting a planning application at the end of this month.\n<\/p>\n
\n Although the hospital was not included in the government\u2019s New Hospital Programme, which aims to modernise and rebuild NHS facilities nationwide, the Trust said it is exploring alternative ways to deliver the \u2018desperately needed\u2019 improvements.\n<\/p>\n
\n A key part of this will involve replacing the hospital\u2019s ageing tower block, though the Trust admitted this is likely to be a phased project, progressing only as funding becomes available.\n<\/p>\n
\n A spokesperson said: \u201cIn the meantime, we continue to undertake essential maintenance work to ensure the safety of our patients and colleagues.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe would like to thank everyone for their patience as we do our best to deliver outstanding care in an environment that we know is less than ideal.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n The hospital, on Queen Alexandra Road, is a concrete and steel-framed building, varying from one to three storeys in height, including some levels below ground.\n<\/p>\n
\n In 2024, the NHS Trust was reported as having a \u00a3100m repairs backlog, more than 80 per cent relating to Wycombe Hospital.\n<\/p>\n
\n The trust said the huge figure related to the age of its buildings and the cost of the continual upkeep of Wycombe Hospital\u2019s tower, which is in a \u2018poor condition\u2019.\n<\/p>\n
\n At that time, the trust stated: \u201cThe Wycombe Hospital site has an unaffordable backlog of maintenance requirements, around one hundred million pounds worth, \u00a380 million of which is related to the tower.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Repairs were made to the damaged concrete wall panels of the 1960s tower last year, with gutters and rainwater channels fitted in April 2024.\n<\/p>\n
\n The update comes after concerns were raised by residents to Labour\u2019s\u00a0Emma Reynolds.\n<\/p>\n
\n The Wycombe MP met with the CEO of the trust in October to \u2018urgently discuss\u2019 the future of the hospital.\n<\/p>\n
\n She said: \u201cI know many constituents are concerned about the future of Wycombe hospital.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cDuring my last meeting with the CEO of Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust, Neil Macdonald, I was encouraged to hear about their plans to develop the hospital.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI have offered my steadfast support. We must not lose any additional services from our hospital.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n The government previously said the New Hospital Programme was \u2018unfunded\u2019 beyond 2025 but has committed to delivering all schemes that were previously proposed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Trust said it has completed the first stage of preparatory work, including ground investigations and utilities surveys,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84753,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-84752","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-healthcare","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}