Market Square Campus – show us the money
- Do the financial sums add up for the proposed Hemel Market Square Health Campus?
- At first glance they certainly don’t.
- The big question is why paying many millions for a new structure on the Market Square is good value for money when there are usable modern-ish buildings on the current site
- The Campus building could cost well over £30m, judging by the sum paid for the QE2 Hospital in Welwyn for example. Money is very tight indeed.
- Some money could come from grants for urban regeneration. There are some NHS funds for diagnostic facilities.
- BUT it’s very doubtful that would be enough.
- Selling the current Hospital site would be one way of raising funds
- BUT – the sale value of a large part of the Hospital site was estimated at just £10m three years ago. Surely it’s not possible that the value of the whole site has gone up so much?
- It does not look financially sensible for the NHS and Dacorum Council to even consider the Market Square option
- CAMPUS SUPPORTERS NEED TO EXPLAIN WHY THEY THINK THE CAMPUS WOULD BE GOOD VALUE FOR THE PATIENT AND THE TAXPAYER