An urgent appeal for help to find a missing 14-year-old has been issued. Marta Lupu was last seen in West Yorkshire on Friday night (March 8).
25.02.2024 - 08:45 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
England’s crumbling hospitals face a repair bill of almost £10 billion as infrastructure failures have led to sewage leaks and ceiling collapses in clinical areas, a new investigation into NHS data has revealed. At least 1,055 patients had their care impacted by infrastructure problems at NHS hospitals in England during the 2022/23 financial year.
The repairs to Greater Manchester hospitals total almost half-a-billion at least, as data available for some NHS hospital trusts in the region show a collective bill of just over £479m. The figures have come from an investigation by the BBC Shared Data Unit into the state of the country’s hospitals, uncovering the full scale of a backlog of repairs.
Figures have been published for five of Greater Manchester’s nine hospital trusts within the investigation. The repairs backlog at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) rose to over £254 million last year, meaning it faces one of the biggest repair bills in the country.
Only seven other trusts face larger repair bills, with Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (£735 million) and Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Trust (£452 million) leading the way.
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At least 1,055 patients had their care impacted by infrastructure problems at NHS hospitals in England during the 2022/23 financial year, such as cancellations or delays. Examples of some of the incidents caused by infrastructure failures which the investigation uncovered across England include:
Patients awaiting kidney dialysis being sent home because of ventilation issues
Sewage leaking into clinical areas for ophthalmology (eye care)
Parts of ceiling collapsing in clinical areas
Air conditioning
An urgent appeal for help to find a missing 14-year-old has been issued. Marta Lupu was last seen in West Yorkshire on Friday night (March 8).
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