Staff at St Helier Hospital are working around leaks, windows falling out and crumbling foundations - so what's happened to the new hospital promised by the government?
In another, staff are working around a leak.When we met Chief Medical Officer Ruth Charlton outside a condemned ward, she told us: "It's not safe to enter - the foundations are crumbling and windows are falling out."
"They've underestimated how long it takes to change the way they design, build, and plan hospitals," he says.In 2019, Boris Johnson assured voters he could build the 40 new hospitals but only "because we're running a strong economy". But there is another - potentially dangerous - complication. Several hospitals across England are at risk of collapse, with roofs propped up with scaffolding and posts, because they were built using reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete - a lightweight concrete with bubbles inside like "a chocolate Aero bar".
A Department of Health and Social Care official said: "We remain committed to delivering all 40 new hospitals by 2030 as part of the biggest hospital-building programme in a generation."
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