NHS Trusts: Buildings
(asked on 19th September 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide a list of NHS trusts that have indicated since May 2023 that they have possible reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) at any of their sites; and if he will outline which of those have since had the presence of RAAC visually confirmed.
The Department has published a full list of hospitals with confirmed reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) on GOV.UK. This list sets out which sites have had RAAC confirmed since May 2023, and is available at the following link:
NHS England has issued guidance for trusts nationally on how to establish the presence of RAAC in their estate. There is ongoing engagement with trusts on a national and regional level to ensure RAAC is identified across the National Health Service estate.
Where possible RAAC is identified at additional sites, visual inspections and structural surveys take place to verify its presence and risk category. Once the presence of RAAC is confirmed, trusts join the national RAAC programme, which supports mitigation, remediation, and wider planning to maintain safety. Each site will be different, and just because RAAC is present, it does not necessarily mean there is a high risk.