Hospitals: Concrete
(asked on 15th September 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total number of hospitals is which will have all reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete removed from their buildings under the New Hospitals programme.
There are seven hospitals with confirmed reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) that require a full replacement. In May 2023 the Government announced that they will be rebuilt through the New Hospital Programme (NHP) by 2030.
As of 17 October 2023, there are 42 hospital sites with confirmed RAAC. This number includes the seven hospitals that will be fully rebuilt through the NHP. All hospitals with confirmed RAAC are in NHS England’s ongoing national RAAC programme. This is backed by significant additional funding of £698 million from 2021 to 2025 for trusts to put in place necessary remediation and failsafe measures.
The Department has published a full list of hospitals with confirmed RAAC, which is available at the following link:
Where structural surveys identify RAAC in their estate, trusts are inducted into the national remediation programme. Each site will be different, and just because RAAC is present, it does not necessarily mean there is a high risk.