The health minister rules out extra cash for Stepping Hill hospital prompting MPs to urge a rethink.
The government has ruled out giving extra cash to help pay for repairs at a crumbling hospital where ceilings have collapsed and corridors flooded.
A recent report found about 70 per cent of the hospital site, which is visited by half a million patients a year, was in need of major repairs. An outpatient department was condemned at the site in 2023 and subsequently demolished, while the intensive care unit was closed due to roof leaks. But she said the government "cannot commit to additional funding at this stage due to constraints on capital availability in the fiscal position this government has inherited".
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