Dangerous NHS England hospital roofs ‘will not be fixed until 2035’

The DHSC has known about the RAAC problem at Hinchingbrooke hospital in Cambridgeshire since 2018, a separate Lib Dem freedom of information request shows. Photograph: John Robertson/The Guardian

Dangerous roofs that could collapse at any time at hospitals across England will not be fixed until 2035, NHS bosses have admitted.

The disclosure came in NHS England’s response to a freedom of information request from the Liberal Democrats about hospitals that have roofs at risk of falling down on to staff, patients and equipment.