Wantage Community Hospital Closure

Today, I attended a meeting at County Hall where I was informed that Wantage Community Hospital will be closing from early summer because of problems with legionella in the hot water system.

This was a surprise, but although effective short term treatments have been applied, the legionella is likely to recur unless the plumbing for the whole site is replaced. We were told that the scale of the work required would make it very difficult to keep the hospital safely open at the same time. 

In view of the high cost of the works, it has been agreed that the future role of Wantage Community Hospital should be included in a wider planned public consultation in the autumn. Hopefully more information will be made available about this at a later date.

The press release can be found on the Oxford Health website here.