Hospital corrects record on election leaflet misinformation

Wellingborough Conservative Party sends out leaflets using incorrect information, plus improvements at Northants Police and news from the week in brief

Conceptual plans for part of the Kettering hospital rebuild.

Kettering General Hospital has ‘categorically’ ruled out the suggestion that its new build could be located on a greenfield site near Isham.

Pre-election pamphlets delivered by the Conservative Party across some parts of Wellingborough this month have said the hospital could relocate to a site near Isham, which is in the existing Wellingborough local authority boundary.

However the hospital’s board decided in November it would be moving forward with a £765m plan to rebuild a new facility on the existing site on Rothwell Road as part of a phased construction. So far just under £400m has been committed to allow for hospital improvements and the hospital trust’s chief executive Simon Weldon says much government money is needed to make the century old hospital fit for today.

A spokesman said: “In late 2020 the Trust Board of Directors reviewed in public the recommendations of an appraisal panel, of a long list of options which inclu…