FOI:2022/358

1.       Engineers' reports in the last two years on the stability of the roof at Royal Blackburn hospital and about the Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) beams supporting the roof

The full report is third party data therefore the Trust cannot disclose.

Please see attached document.

2.       Please disclose a copy of the trust's current risk management plan or protocol for dealing with the roof at Royal Blackburn hospital.

Please see attached document. 

Please include in this the details of how the structural risk of the Royal Blackburn hospital roof is monitored and evaluated, and any contingency plans for managing escalating risk of danger to staff and the public, such as evacuation plans.

The affected areas have been decanted and it has now become a restricted access construction site. Programme of works to remove the roof panels has commenced. There is no risk to patients, staff or the general public.

3.       Please disclose any correspondence with NHS Property Services in the last three months about the roof at Royal Blackburn Hospital.

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