Delayed repairs to hospital roof set for go-ahead

Delayed repairs on a leaking roof are set to go ahead at an NHS trust facing a multi-million pound maintenance backlog.

- by Don Mort

Patients were moved and staff had to use containers to catch water in the Brotherton Wing at Leeds General Infirmary.

Funding of up to £7m was agreed in January last year following weather damage to the wing.

Bosses at Leeds Teaching Hospitals said temporary repairs were carried out as they waited for longer-term works to be signed of by the Building Safety Regulator.

Craige Richardson, executive director of estates and facilities, said: "Patient safety is our key priority.