Initial risk assessment at one hospital predicted ‘almost certain’ failure of outdated concrete planks
NHS England hospitals have sounded the alarm over materials used in roofs that reached the end of their lifespan over a decade ago, with one hospital forced to restrict the use of some operating theatres to patients under 120kg (19st).
Several hospitals are warning of the potential for roof collapses due to structural weaknesses in the reinforced concrete planks used in their construction between the 1960s and 1980s, which have a 30-year life span.
