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Why crumbling NHS hospitals are risking patient safety

Feb 27, 202315 min
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Episode description

Leaks, collapsing floors, holes in the ceiling and even raw sewage.

These are the scenes you will find in the sorry state of England’s NHS hospitals.

With patient safety increasingly at risk and entire wards having been forced to shut down, doctors are fearing something catastrophic could happen.

So, how much longer can these buildings bear the brunt? And what can be done to stop our hospitals crumbling?

ITV News Investigations Correspondent Daniel Hewitt who has been looking into the shocking structural failures at NHS hospitals across the country, brings you what you need to know...
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