COUNCILLOR SCEPTICAL ON FUNDING FOR NEW HOSPITAL BUILDING

A RHYL councillor has questioned whether millions of pounds of Welsh Government money will be approved to pay for a new Royal Alexandra hospital building.

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Plans have been approved for a three-storey new build on the site of the Royal Alexandra Hospital, Rhyl (current building pictured) but Cllr Brian Jones (inset left) is concerned that crucial Welsh Government funding has still not been confirmed

Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board’s planning application for the erection of a new hospital building on the existing site was approved by Denbighshire County Council officers last week.

The new “three-storey hospital building” now depends on whether tens of millions of pounds of Welsh Government funding is secured, with the health board hoping “to begin construction early in the new year” If agreed, the new building on Marine Drive would include minor injuries and ailments department, a dental department, radiology, and a patients and visitor area.