MORE than £150 million needs to be spent to bring hospital buildings in the district up to scratch, figures have revealed. NHS Providers warned that the speed at which the NHS estate is falling into disrepair is putting patients’ lives at greater risk and making it more difficult for frontline staff to provide the right quality of care. Chief executive Chris Hopson said the backlog is now “broadly equivalent to the annual cost of running the entire NHS estate”. He added: “More worrying still, over half of this is for work of high or significant risk. In short, this problem poses an increasing threat to safety.”
NHS staff and patients in Bradford have benefited from more than £182,000 - with a further £145,000 expected to come, thanks to the inspirational Captain Sir Tom Moore. Captain Sir Tom, who was born in Keighley, raised more than £33 million during the first national lockdown, inspiring thousands more to raise money to support the NHS through the biggest crisis it had ever faced. Bradford Hospitals’ Charity – the official NHS charity partner of Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust – was one of 241 NHS charities in the UK to receive grants from the money he raised. The NHS Charities Together grants have funded a number of items for staff wellbeing rooms, known as ‘wobble rooms , such as furniture, microwaves, fridges and self-care products like barrier creams and toiletries to ensure staff have the space to take a time out and look after themselves.