LOL that headline. Only the guardian would be so bold.
I bet they’d never print:
Over 30 million buildings older than the EU itself, research finds.
🤣🤣
More than 2,000 NHS buildings in England older than NHS, figures show
Submitted 7 months ago by thehatfox@lemmy.world to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/15/nhs-buildings-england-older-than-nhs-hospitals
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mannycalavera@feddit.uk 7 months ago
RobotToaster@mander.xyz 7 months ago
They’re probably in a better state than all the shoddy later builds with RAAC roofs.
DJDarren@thelemmy.club 7 months ago
I found out the other day that the hospital I was born in was torn down a few years ago and replaced with a fresh new building.
I’m only 43. I feel ancient now.
autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] 7 months ago
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Millions of patients are being put at risk in crumbling hospitals that are unfit for purpose, MPs have said, as figures reveal more than 2,000 NHS buildings are older than the health service itself.
Health bosses have repeatedly warned ministers of the urgent need to plough cash into replacing rundown buildings in order to protect the safety of patients and staff.
Last month it was reported that the ceiling of an intensive care ward collapsed on to a patient on life support and a falling lift broke a doctor’s leg.
The Liberal Democrats’ health and social care spokesperson, Daisy Cooper, described the situation as a “national scandal”, with millions of people “treated in old and crumbling hospitals that are no longer fit for purpose”.
“But instead this government has shamefully chosen to raid capital budgets for fixing crumbling buildings to plug the gap in day-to-day costs, while hospitals are literally falling apart.
Hospital bosses are having to spend millions of pounds on pest control after discovering lice, flies and rodents in children’s wards, breast clinics, maternity units, A&E departments and kitchens.
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Amputret@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
I’m really confused why Derriford Hospital, which was built in the ‘80s, is the title picture. I mean, it is grim, but that’s beside the point.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 7 months ago
Why is this a bad thing? Should we just knock down a perfectly good building and rebuild one for the sake of it? If a building is in good shape then what’s the problem
mannycalavera@feddit.uk 7 months ago
The poor state of the buildings that aren’t maintained is a bad thing. We can all agree on that.
The fact that buildings existed before the NHS existed is the type of click bait headline that the guardian chooses to present for the story. It’s just designed to rile people up.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 7 months ago
Yeah. Like I sometimes have to work in a building from the Victorian times and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with it apart from the kitchen being a bit cold