Crisis hospital firm's £250k green bonus

Developer was rewarded.. but is now being sued

- BY HANNAH RODGER

HEALTH chiefs gave a £250,000 eco-bonus to a firm it is now suing over its defective superhospital.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) paid Brookfield Multiplex for achieving certain environmental credentials at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH), despite the site being riddled with problems.

A public inquiry is looking at issues with the construction of the £842million facility where dozens of patients developed rare infections and some people died.

Evidence heard by the inquiry showed a £250,000 payment was included in the contract if the developers hit energy consumption targets, known as "Breeam".

The QEUH was given a Breeam rating of "excellent" when it was finished, meeting the UK-wide government aim at the time.