Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH), which will run the £105m facility that was intended to open in November 2025, said it now expected to receive the keys to the building in July after remedial work by building contractors Integrated Health Projects (IHP).

Paul Matthew, chief financial officer and executive senior responsible officer for the NRC at NUH, said: ‘Whilst it is disappointing that we have not yet been able to accept the keys to the National Rehabilitation Centre from our building contractors, IHP, it is encouraging to see the progress being made to enable us to move in.

‘It is important that the building is completed to the standard required for Day 1 of our patients moving in so that we avoid any disruption to them during their rehabilitation journey.

‘Our staff at NUH are ready to transfer over to the cutting-edge NRC building where they will continue to deliver life-changing rehabilitation for patients in the East Midlands and beyond, as well as helping to transform rehabilitation provision across the country. Therefore, as soon as the building is ready, so are we.'

Patients will continue to be treated at Linden Lodge, NUH's specialist rehabilitation unit based at Nottingham City Hospital, and on Ward C24 at Queen's Medical Centre, while the NRC is made ready.