£10m for Horton trust to tackle long-term estate problems
02/06/2025
The move aims to help prevent thousands of cancelled operations and appointments
A £10million investment has been allocated to the Oxfordshire University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH), to be split between projects at the Horton General Hospital here in Banbury and the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.
It comes from £750million of government funding for over 400 hospitals, mental health units and ambulance sites to tackle long-term problems such as leaky pipes, poor ventilation and electrical issues. The move aims to help prevent thousands of cancelled operations and appointments.
Banbury’s MP, Sean Woodcock, described the funding as ‘vital’.
£10,038,000 will be heading to OUH from £26billion that was confirmed for the NHS in last year’s Autumn Budget.
Mr Woodcock said: “This is very welcome news for patients at the Horton General Hospital as this Labour Government continues to deliver on our promise to residents in Banbury that we will turn the NHS around.
“Step by step, we are not only lifting the NHS off its knees with more appointments and more GPs, but helping to make it fit for the future with vital maintenance to help prevent cancelled appointments and operations. Lots done, and lots more to do.”
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Wes Streeting, said: “A decade and a half of underinvestment left hospitals crumbling, with burst pipes flooding emergency departments, faulty electrical systems shutting down operating theatres, and mothers giving birth in outdated facilities that lack basic dignity.
“We are on a mission to rebuild our NHS through investment and modernisation.
“Patients and staff deserve to be in buildings that are safe, comfortable and fit for purpose. Through our Plan for Change, we will make our NHS fit for the future.”
Published: by the Banbury FM News Team
