The maintenance backlog for buildings run by Swansea Bay University Health Bay board has topped £100 million and two-thirds of them are in a poor or bad condition, a report said. Singleton Hospital has a £44.3 million maintenance backlog, Morriston Hospital £38.2 million, Cefn Coed Hospital £5.6 million, and Tonna Hospital £5 million.
The total backlog for the health board's estate is now £100.8 million. An estates strategy presented to the health board said 31% of Morriston's buildings and 26% of Singleton's were in the bad category, meaning "life expired and/or serious risk of imminent failure". The backlog at Neath Port Talbot Hospital - a newer hospital built via a private finance initiative contract which expires in 2030 - is £464,000.
Key findings for Morriston Hospital included the need for new roofs, and more modern wards and operating theatres. It said the major issue at Singleton Hospital was the presence of asbestos, which would have to be removed from voids before other work could start.
