Five hospitals at risk of collapse added to new build programme

The Government has added five hospital projects to its £20bn building programme due to the risk of structural collapse because of weak concrete.
It will prioritise rebuilding the five hospitals by 2030, which used limited life-span reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RACC) now at the end of its design life.
As a result of this reprioritisation, as well as the rising cost of construction materials, up to eight schemes that were originally due to be constructed towards the end of the dec