South West Bedfordshire MP Andrew Selous has warmly welcomed the construction contract signed by Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust with Kier Construction to build a new acute services block and a new ward block at the Luton and Dunstable University Hospital. This £168 million contract is one of the biggest building schemes in the NHS and a flagship project.

The five-story acute services block and new ward block will house modern and enhanced facilities for maternity services, a level 3 neonatal intensive care unit, critical care and operating theatres. Construction will start this month and is due to complete in 2024.

Andrew Selous said “The L&D is a brilliant hospital which I am very proud to have serving my constituents. I have been an inpatient and my youngest daughter was born there. I am absolutely delighted that this significant investment is underway”