Hospital Closes Entire Floor
South London's Lewisham Hospital has been forced to leave an entire floor of its new Riverside building empty because of cutbacks brought in to tackle the NHS deficit.
The fourth floor of the £69 million hospital was supposed to provide100 beds for elderly and post-operative patients but it has been closed since the hospital opened in November 2006.
Lewisham health chiefs are considering other uses for the space and have not ruled renting it to a private healthcare provider.
Sunday Express, 11 February, 2007