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Hospitals across the country will benefit from a share of £700 million to help tackle waiting lists and improve care.

The country need rebuilding because of crumbling concrete. airedale in west yorkshire has no guarantee of funding. nor does hinchingbrooke in cambridgeshire, where the ageing building is causing major issues. the concrete panelling is also affecting the load bearing on some of the floors, which means that patients heavier than 19 stone can't be operated on in some of the theatres. shutting some of the hospitals to do the repairs quicker was considered. if we were to close a hospital then the burden would fall on those neighbouring hospitals and the nhs as a whole is going through a time when w...

As it gets to that kind of age. documents obtained by bbc look east show last year, trusts in the east took part in exercise hodges. it simulated a scenario in which part of the hospital collapsed because of concrete planks failing. at west suffolk, all the external walls are made of rack. the technical briefing states that now, nearly all of the wall planks have some corrosion, with a risk of severe corrosion in two thirds. and how much do these planks weigh? broadly, they are about a third of a tonne. so that is why it is so important to make sure that this support is in place? it is, yes. a...

To make sure that this support is in place? it is, yes. a new west suffolk hospital could be nine years away. seven hospitals across the country need rebuilding because of crumbling concrete. airedale in west yorkshire has no guarantee of funding. nor does hinchingbrooke in cambridgeshire, where the ageing building is causing major issues. the concrete panelling is also affecting the load bearing on some of the floors, which means that patients heavier than 19 stone can't be operated on in some of the theatres. shutting some of the hospitals to do the repairs quicker was considered. if we were...

Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa 8 July 2021 invites workers and other readers to Spanish unions betray bank workers’ strike, agree thousands of job losses at CaixaBank Last week, trade unions at CaixaBank, Spain’s largest retail bank, agreed to the loss of 6,452 jobs, following token warning strikes and face-saving “negotiations” with management. The unions and management announced they reached an agreement on July 1, only two days after a 24-hour strike which, according to the unions, shut down over 90 percent of the bank’s branches in Spain. The unions called on...