The Trust has been committed to developing the Ellen Badger Hospital site since 2018.
Since the proposals were initially discussed there have been several external factors that have contributed to changes in the design, plans and timescales. These include responding to and learning from Covid, funding within the wider health economy and increasing costs in the construction market, which has impacted on the plans for Shipston Medical Centre to relocate to the Ellen Badger site.
As with lots of large-scale development plans, things occur that are unplanned for. As part of the pre-construction work, protected bats were found. Natural England have been working to establish a way forward and last week we were granted a bat licence, so work has now begun on site.
Please see the latest update below which details the schedule of work for the next few months and outlines what the new site will offer.
