As opposed to what? Operating on someone in scenes like the meal at the end of Carry On Up the Khyber?
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NHS bosses have told hospitals across England to be ready to evacuate staff and patients if buildings containing concrete at risk of collapse start to fall down.
NHS England issued the instruction to all 224 health trusts on Tuesday in the wake of the row over reinforced aerated autoclaved concrete (Raac), which has led to the closure of more than 100 schools.
“We would recommend that all [trust] boards ensure that they are familiar with the learning from this exercise and that they are being incorporated into standard business continuity planning as a matter of good practice.
“Nursing staff and patients deserve to feel safe and will be alarmed at this letter warning trusts to get ready to evacuate hospitals if they are at risk of collapse,” said Leona Cameron, its head of health, safety and wellbeing.
Saffron Cordery, the deputy chief executive of NHS Providers, which represents hospital trusts, said: “Trust leaders repeatedly warned that Raac presented a major risk to patient and staff safety and they will do everything they can to ensure patients, staff and services remain safe, including having stringent monitoring and evacuation plans in place for hospital buildings built with Raac planks.”
That has forced dozens of schools to close and find alternative premises in which pupils can study in the autumn term and kickstarted a major political dispute, with claims that ministers – including Rishi Sunak – did too little to act on warnings.
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