 In preparation for the completion of the expanded hospital and inevitable rise in traffic, the main road towards Dudley town centre - Kingswinford Road - was widened into a dual carriageway in 2003.The car park was also expanded around the same time - a move which saw several houses along High Street demolished in 1999.Cricketer Ian Botham, famous for his charity work, opened a state of the art leukemia unit at the hospital in 1998.