A DECISION is set to be made on the future of the asbestos-hit Heanor Memorial Hospital this week.
The hospital has been closed to patients since last year, after the potentially-deadly dust was discovered in a boiler room during a routine inspection by staff.
It means clinics and services have been moved temporarily to Ilkeston Community Hospital.
Since then, bosses at the NHS Southern Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Group said they had been trying to find the "best way forward" for the hospital.
This includes the option of demolishing the hospital and Wilmott Street health centre and replacing them with a new £2.5 million building on the hospital site.
The group's chief officer, Andy Layzell, said: "Since our first meeting in January, more than 1,000 people in the town have been to meetings. Our governing body will now review the outcome of the consultation and come to a final decision at a public meeting."
The meeting will take place at Oakland Village, in Hall Farm Road, Swadlincote, on Friday from 9.30am. Submit questions to enquiries@southernderbyshireccg.nhs.uk
