NHS patients are at high risk from raw sewage, leaking roofs, pests and ageing fire safety infrastructure thanks to years of Tory funding cuts running up huge NHS maintenance bills.

New figures obtained by the Labour Party and published today show that 95 per cent of NHS trusts contacted pest control services between 2015 and last year, with over 12,000 such calls recorded during that time.

Birmingham and Solihull Trust alone called pest control services 777 times.