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Evening Standard
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Rachael Davies and Beril Naz Hassan

Raac hospitals: Full list of dozens of NHS buildings with unsafe concrete

The NHS recently ordered an urgent review of dozens of hospitals that were built using reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac).

It is a type of cheaper, lightweight concrete that contains air bubbles, commonly used in UK construction from the mid-1960s until the late 1990s. It is believed to last about 30 years.

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