Labour has announced that they will deliver vital maintenance in hospitals to help prevent cancelled appointments and operations, with patients in Croydon West set to benefit from the Government’s Plan for Change.

Across the country, over 400 hospitals (including Croydon University Hospital), mental health units and ambulance sites will be handed £750million to tackle long-term problems such as leaky pipes, poor ventilation and electrical issues, helping to prevent thousands of cancelled operations and appointments.

This vital funding is another step in this Government’s mission to fix the dire state of public service infrastructure we inherited from the Tories.

Combined, Croydon University Hospital and Purley War Memorial Hospital are receiving over £3.5 million in funding, which will help patients across the constituency benefit from better services and facilities across the health system. Throughout the country, fixing the backlog of maintenance at NHS hospitals will help prevent cancellations, with services disrupted over 4,000 times in 2023/24 due to issues with poor quality buildings.

The hospital funding package was confirmed in last year’s Autumn Budget, in which an extra £26billion was secured for the NHS by the Labour Government.