Whipps Cross Hospital revamp begins

Published: 8-Aug-2012
Design & Build

Construction starts on maternity unit extension


Workers have moved onto the site of a planned £2m development at Whipps Cross Hospital in London.

Contractor, RG Carter (Thetford), will construct a single-storey front and rear extension to enlarge the maternity unit and build a single-storey covered link extension to the existing outpatient unit.

The work is expected to take a year and the design has been led by Freeman Ankerman architects.

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