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29/01/2014
Broadmoor Redevelopment To Begin
A £242 million redevelopment of Broadmoor Hospital is to get underway today.
Alongside a redeveloped 16-ward, 234-bed unit, some of the estates' Victorian buildings, declared unfit for purpose in 2003, will be demolished.
There will also be a new therapy building, housing shops for patients and education and vocational services.
Work on the high-security psychiatric hospital in Crowthorne, Berkshire, is expected to be completed in early 2017.
A sod-cutting ceremony will take place today at 13:30.
(MH/CD)
Alongside a redeveloped 16-ward, 234-bed unit, some of the estates' Victorian buildings, declared unfit for purpose in 2003, will be demolished.
There will also be a new therapy building, housing shops for patients and education and vocational services.
Work on the high-security psychiatric hospital in Crowthorne, Berkshire, is expected to be completed in early 2017.
A sod-cutting ceremony will take place today at 13:30.
(MH/CD)
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