170 beds have been closed at two large teaching hospitals in England after fire services issued prohibition orders over fire safety concerns. Hospitals in Sheffield and Oxford were affected with wards being closed off after receiving the safety notices. Four wards in Sheffield, containing 120 beds have been closed since November 2018. A further two […]
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Patients Set to Return to Roseberry Park Hospital
Patients are due to return back to Roseberry Park Hospital in Spring 2020. After work began to fix the issues uncovered as far back as 2010. Up to 50 patients were initially moved out in 2017. After a series of structural problems were uncovered at the Westerdale wards on site. The hospital had a number […]
Tamworth Mental Health Facility in Suspected Arson Attack
A 43 year old man was detained on suspicion of Arson, following a blaze within part of the Sir Robert Peel Community Hospital during February 2019. Local crews were supported from West Midlands Fire Service and Warwickshire Fire Service, whilst battling the incident. Ten fire engines battled the blaze, which spread through the roof of […]
Sheffield Hospital Wing Closed on Fire Safety Grounds will Cost NHS £122m Under PFI
The Northern General Hospital building was originally shut down in December 2018, on fire safety grounds, after fire officers ordered the closure until remedial works were completed. The hospitals Hadfield wing was opened in 2007, under a private finance initiative (PFI) contract by Kajima before a majority stake was later sold to HICL in 2011. […]
Maternity ward evacuated after Coventry University Hospital Fire
On Wednesday 7th March at around 8:30 am, the Coventry University Hospital fire caused disruptions to multiple mother and baby wards. Approximately 40 firefighters rushed to the Coventry University’s hospital fire. Plumes of black smoke could be seen rising out of the top of the building (See the YouTube video below). West Midlands Fire Service […]
Care Quality Commission Advises Care Homes, Hospices and independent Hospitals to Review Fire Risk Assessment
In wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy, Chief Executive of the Care Quality Commission (CQC), Sir David Behan, wrote to all hospices, care homes and independent hospitals governed by the Care Quality Commission requesting them to review their fire risk assessments. It is your legal responsibility under both the Health and Social Care Act 2008 […]
