Heavier patients in some hospitals where RAAC has been used need to be treated on the ground floor because the roofs above them are not safe, it has been revealed.
The shocking disclosure was been made after a group of MPs visited the hospital, built with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC).
“In one hospital staff can carry out roof maintenance only if they and their tools are a certain weight,” Dame Meg Hillier, chairwoman of parliament’s public accounts committee, told The Times.
“Heavy patients must be treated on the ground floor because the combined weight with equipment is too heavy to be safe.”
Disruption to schools due to unsafe concrete could continue until 2025, parents were warned earlier as the BBC reported that a further 12 schools have been told they need to close or partially shut buildings because of RAAC.
