The leaking roof of an ageing hospital wing will be replaced under repair plans drawn up by the city’s NHS trust.
A 1970s roof extension at Leeds General Infirmary’s Brotherton Wing will be removed and new roofing installed to prevent water damage to the building. Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is awaiting planning permission for the scheme. Patients had to be moved to other parts of the hospital and staff used containers to catch running water following storms at the end of last year. Repair spending for the wing, which was built in the 1940s, was agreed at a trust board meeting in January.
A trust spokesperson said: “Since January, targeted risk control and mitigation works have been carried out and the risk assessment score has now been reduced. “All occupied clinical areas remain safe to deliver their services. “We continue to progress the roof replacement scheme as planned with the proposed works being submitted for planning approval, and we are working with a contractor to develop the detailed designs and planning.
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