ABOUT 300 staff are being moved out of 'dilapidated' sections of Oxford's hospitals and into new a purpose-built premises in Cowley.

Finance and HR staff at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have begun moving over to the new 'OUH@Cowley' office inside Unipart House.

At the same time clinical genetics staff are moving from what the trust called 'very poor' premises at the Churchill Hospital into finance's former offices at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre. The moves comes as part of the trust's 'Better Space for Patients' initiative in which staff are moved out of old buildings and relocated to better, more suitable accommodation.