'Flooded floors, collapsed ceilings, buildings condemned... and no money to fix it'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe government refuses to commit to funding repairs at crumbling Stepping Hill hospital. That's despite images taken inside showing flooded floors and collapsed ceilings that forced an evacuation.
The Manchester Evening News, the region's MPs and patients ask - does Health Secretary Wes Streeting think this is okay? The government caused fury this week when it said it 'cannot commit' to funding repairs at Stepping Hill.
It comes months after hospital bosses said the bill had reached £130m and ministers had promised investment to fix the dilapidated estate. READ MORE: Fury as government U-turns on promise to fund repairs at Stepping Hill Hospital Over the course of just four months this year, the Stockport hospital has seen one of its major outpatients buildings condemned and demolished, followed by two 'unexpected and unrelated' ceilings collapsing in its radiology department and its critical care unit.
Those incidents have led to a serious dip in the capacity for outpatients appointments and the hospital's intensive care department being out of action for days.
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