RAAC strategic planning: assessment of the RAAC 7 hospitals

Independent analysis and assessment of the 7 hospital sites and plans for their maintenance, remaining expected life and clinical operational risks.

RAAC strategic planning: assessment of the RAAC 7 hospitals

Details

The Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) commissioned this independent report by Mott Macdonald to provide a strategic review of the 7 predominantly reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) hospitals currently included in the New Hospital Programme (NHP). The report includes an assessment of the 7 hospital sites and is structured around 4 objectives:

1. Remaining expected life.
2. Additional mitigation works.
3. Clinical operational impacts.
4. Options for phased approach for replacement.

The report is intended to:

• inform future decision-making for safe continued use of the facilities
• assess possible options for any phased infrastructure renewal or replacement

The 7 predominantly RAAC hospitals are:

• Airedale General Hospital, Keighley
• Frimley Park Hospital, Frimley
• Hinchingbrooke Hospital, Huntingdon
• James Paget University Hospital (JPUH), Great Yarmouth
• Leighton Hospital, Crewe
• Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH), Kings Lynn
• West Suffolk Hospital (WSH), Bury St Edmunds