English hospitals have been hit by hundreds of sewage leaks in the last year. It has come to light in records detailing patients slipping on water and ceiling tiles falling down.
Figures from 55 NHS trusts show that in the past 12 months, there have been 456 sewage leaks in England’s hospitals. Leeds Teaching Hospital recorded the most leaks with 105 and North Tees and Hartlepool Hospitals was not far off with 80.
The figures were revealed by the Liberal Democrats through Freedom of Information requests, with some of the responses also detailing the nature and location of the leaks as staff logged the sewage issues onto a central system. Among the hospital wards impacted, there were reports of “coloured water” leaking through the ceiling in a respiratory day unit, urine and “faecal matter” leaking into a security office, as well as urine leaking into wards.
