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Crumbling NHS buildings plagued by rats and other pests, health worker survey warns
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward
MORE funds are needed to mend “unsafe” NHS buildings, a health union has demanded after a damning study found many are infested with pests including rats, cockroaches and silverfish.
A Unison poll of nearly 9,000 health workers painted a worrying picture of the crumbling NHS estate, which currently has a £13.8 billion maintenance backlog.
About one in six (16 per cent) of hospital staff said they’d seen vermin inside their buildings in the past 12 months.
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