As the RAAC crisis continues to make headlines across the country, the Island’s hospital is free of crumbling concrete, according to the Isle of Wight NHS Trust.
A Trust spokesperson has confirmed that none of its estate, which includes St Mary’s Hospital and other buildings around the Island, have RAAC – reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete.
They said the Trust has followed national guidelines by thoroughly reviewing its estate.
St Mary’s Hospital was built during the late 1980s, completed in 1990 and officially opened in 1991.
RAAC is a lightweight form of concrete and was used in the construction of schools, colleges and other buildings between 1950s until the mid-1990s.
In the last few weeks, school buildings have been partially or completely closed due to the presence of RAAC, which is more likely to crumble than other types of concrete.
The Department for Education issued the warning days before children went back to school, amid health and safety fears.
No Isle of Wight schools are affected although further inspections of 4 schools run by the Diocese of Portsmouth have been carried out as a precaution.
St Mary’s Hospital is currently undergoing major works to upgrade the facilities including a new emergency care floor, mental health hub and community diagnostic centre.
Thank goodness for that give them another excuse to stop working otherwise
Staff do work, and bloody hard, now the managers don’t, to busy hiding, drinking coffee and talking holidays.
But they did find well paid crumbling staff sitting around with there feet up
That would be management then.
That leaves just a crumbling work force.
And a crumbling service..patients sent to the mainland for treatment..where’s all the money that was promised obviously not where it should be..
Crumbling in general. I hear workers complain about the treatment of their own families under their noses in that place. They are disheartened by their own Nhs, it’s sad and a terrible shame. People don’t care in the service as much as they used to.
Those people who do are a rarity