The release of the second part of a Johns Hopkins review of healthcare on the Island will be delayed until the Fall.

The report was commissioned last March to review the Estate Master Plan (EMP), which was an 18-month investigation into the hospitals on the Island and which was released in 2005.

Earlier this year a Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) spokesperson revealed that what had been a $200,000 three-month review had entered a second phase costing an additional $430,000.

Payment for these studies is split equally between the Bermuda Hospitals Charitable Trust, Government and BHB.

At the same time, the spokesperson had said this additional review would be finished and released by spring of this year.

However, because the EMP was released three years ago and due to an outpouring of community input, a BHB spokesperson said, the Johns Hopkins review would be delayed.

"The Johns Hopkins team is finishing the report and we hope to make it public by the early fall," she said.

"We are looking forward to sharing some clear next steps with the community as we work towards modernising our facilities.

"The EMP was undertaken over three years ago and since then there has also been a public debate, during which time many suggestions were made by community about preferred next steps.

"We therefore decided that new information needed to be considered as part of the review — rather than just reviewing the EMP in isolation.

"This has meant the review has taken slightly longer than anticipated, but it will also enable us to have a plan of action once it's complete."

The report from Johns Hopkins became the centre of controversy last year when leaked notes from a meeting of the "Saturday Group" which is a meeting of the Premier, Health Minister and health chiefs were made public.

Notes allegedly made by former health minister Michael Scott stated: "Hopkins Report must be managed, it must be written so that it suits the Government and does not become a document that embarrasses GOB."

When the first phase of the report was release earlier this year, current Minister of Health Nelson Bascome denied any rewrite of the report had been done.