1. Please state the total number of hospital buildings managed by your NHS Trust.
A) East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust manages 69 buildings
2. Please state the total number of hospital buildings managed by your NHS Trust that have any type of exterior cladding.
A) There are 3 buildings with exterior cladding
3. Of those, please state the total number that are known to have*:
a) Combustiable cladding
b) Aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding
c) High-pressure laminate (HPL) cladding
A) Aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding is used on all 3 buildings
4. Please state the total number of hospital buildings with exterior cladding (any type) that have undergone cladding fire safety tests, since June 2017.
A) All were inspected by the Lancashire Fire Service in 2017
5. Of all those that have been tested , please state the outcome of that test in the following categories:
a) Passed test
b) Failed test and remedial work completed
c) Failed test and remedial work ongoing
d) Failed test and remedial work not yet started
*There will be crossover in these categories (i.e. b. and c. will be subsets of a.)
A) Site inspections were undertaken on each building by the Lancashire Service in 2017 who were happy with the materials used and did not advise or recommend any further action
