Health trust receives £12.7m for two new theatres

The work will start on the site in Redhill later in 2025

The Surrey and Sussex NHS Trust has received a funding boost of £12.7m, which they say will allow them to build two new theatres on the site of the East Surrey Hospital.

The trust said the funding had arrived at a "crucial time" as current operating theatres on the site were at maximum capacity, as well as growing waiting lists and increasing emergency demand.

A spokesperson for the trust said the funding and theatres would mean the hospital could "continue to deliver the highest standards of patient care".

The work is due to start on the site in Redhill later in 2025.

The trust's chief executive, Angela Stevenson, said: "This new funding from NHS England will be truly transformative for the future of our hospital and our patients.

"In the midst of some tough financial decisions, this is a really positive step-change in how we deliver for our patients."