The £219m St Helier Hospital rebuild might be modified as a result of the health care review that has placed the hospital’s A&E and maternity at risk.

The rebuild was approved in March 2010 for a major redevelopment of the hospital including a new state-of-the-art hospital building with 346 beds.

However, at the Trust Board Meeting on March 9, Dr Martin Stockwell said the St Helier rebuild was involved with the Better Services Better Value review and that the content of the rebuild “might” be modified by the review.

The final business plan for the revamp has still not been submitted, and changes could be made if there is a change to service provision.

The Government has stated the £219m investment is secure.

The review, led by clinicians will change the way care is delivered in South West London; it aims for the NHS to become more efficient while improving care provided by the NHS.

They announced last week that one hospital out of four in South West London is likely to have both its A&E and maternity unit closed.

A fourth stand-alone urgent care centre providing emergency but non-life-threatening care is proposed most likely at the site hospital site that loses its A&E.

A scoring panel of over 60 people was due to meet on Thursday, March 15 to examine and score the options for where services should be located.

The panel includes members of the public, local authorities, directors of public health and clinicians.

However, the panel has now been delayed until the end of May, so financial analysis and scoring of each hospitals on other criteria, can be released at the same time.

A spokesman for Better Services Better Value said: “The £219m redevelopment of St Helier is a fixed point in the review and we remain fully committed to it.

“No recommendations or decisions have been made about which services will be on each site, other than recognition that St George’s Hospital will continue to provide maternity and A&E services in the future.”