Outline planning application for new General Hospital
The outline planning application for Jersey’s new General Hospital has been submitted by the project team. The application is the latest step forward for the project, which will see a new building on a site that includes part of the existing Hospital, plus adjacent land in Kensington Place. Detail regarding the lay-out of the new [...]
Future Hospital Update – 23 June 2017
We would like to clarify that while the Council of Ministers has not yet confirmed how they intend to fund the hospital, there remains a commitment to bring a funding solution to the States Assembly, and to continue with the project to build on the chosen site. The project is still very much moving forward, [...]
Statement from the Treasury Minister on hospital funding – 23 May 2017 : in the States Assembly
The Council of Ministers remains fully committed to the delivery of a modern, new hospital to meet the needs of our community for the future. However, we have to get the timing and level of borrowing right for this important project, so following discussion with the Chief Minister and other members of the Council of [...]
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
Issue date: May 2017 An open exhibition about an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of the Future Hospital took place at Church House, St Helier on Thursday 18th and Friday 19th May 2017. Planning regulations require an EIA to be undertaken on proposed large-scale developments. This is to assess the potential effect on the surrounding area while [...]
Islanders encouraged to attend Future Hospital open event
People living near the General Hospital and other interested Islanders are being invited to an open event about an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of the Future Hospital. The open exhibition will take place at Church House, St Helier on Thursday 18 and Friday 19 May, with staggered opening times allowing those wishing to attend to [...]
Relocating services to create the site for the Future Hospital
Author: David Ahier A key part of the plan to construct the Future Hospital on the current site is the need to build on areas occupied by Peter Crill House, which mainly functions as an area for administration and education, and the Gwyneth Huelin Wing, which is for outpatients. In preparation for the demolition and [...]
Funding proposal for new hospital
Jersey needs a new hospital that can provide the high quality care Islanders need as health costs rise and the population ages. The current building has developed piecemeal over many decades and its physical condition, as assessed in an independent survey, is rapidly becoming inadequate. After extensive consideration of possible sites the Council of Ministers [...]
Ministers welcome Concerto report
Senator Andrew Green, Minister for Health and Social Services, has welcomed the assurance report written by Concerto, advisors to the Future Hospital Scrutiny Sub-Panel, and published today. “After intensive and in-depth conversations between members of the Project Team and the report’s authors, the ensuing report is a constructive document which shows how we can work [...]