Maybe there's a case for a new video, but this was clearly done during the pandemic. So of course all three paricipants were wearing masks. But I could hear the conversation clearly and it's about what was said, much more than any facial expression.

You can turn on captions if you can’t hear well. I can hear him fine, but I understand some people prefer to read lips. You can read captions on all KZbin videos, including this one.

It’s going to happen. At least once in your life.

Not if.... probably when! And expect to bungle it then as it's often irrational and emotion filled. I know!

it's easier to find work in AMERICA. Good luck with housing

Thank you for your comment. Please know we are as frustrated as you are that we are yet to receive positive news that we have secured the much-needed funding for a new hospital we very much need. We hope to hear good news about being selected for the Government’s New Hospital Programme soon and rest assured we will continue to press our case on every front. Our case is extremely strong and demonstrates we can deliver a new hospital by 2030 when our current hospital reaches end of life.

Hospital is typically where sick people go

health workers in AMERICA make a lot

That's a slur on the good name of dumps. We actually watched a male nurse on Oxborough ward mop up spilt urine by chucking a dirty hands towel on it and just kicking it around the floor, the staff are rude and lazy, the doctors are liars and the food isn't fit for human consumption.

Adding further to this I’m happy to provide evidence to anyone who doubts what I’m saying. Last summer Hancock paid a visit to the QEH, he basically stood in an upstairs ward with a couple of other guys who basically didn’t seem to know anything about buildings, looking up at some wooden prop’s on the ceiling. If only he’d have looked out of the window he could have witnessed exactly why those prop’s were in place. Weeds and even small trees growing from totally blocked drainage gullies stopping any rainwater from escaping. One flat roof area I witnessed last year looked more like a paddling pool or a fish pond than a flat roof after a shower of rain. I’ve never seen such a poorly maintained flat roof as the one on the QEH and due to its total lack of maintenance I’m surprised it’s lasted as long as it has. A new roof, some new windows to replace those horrible alloy framed ones and some air conditioning maybe, Surly that won’t come to 860 million. Maybe they could even get someone to sort out the rat problem outside of the McMillan ward where the staff and public eat their snacks and don’t dispose of their food correctly.

Hi Christine, thanks for getting in touch. RAAC is a nationally recognised issue affecting schools and hospitals across the country. QEH is very far from being the only hospital affected. RAAC issues were identified relatively recently in 2019 when the collapse of some RAAC concrete planks in schools led to a national focus and the introduction of a standing committee to look at the structural safety of RAAC buildings. Once the NHS became aware of RAAC issues and these were identified at a number of Trusts across the country, action was taken to look at how RAAC could be eliminated from NHS estate. There is a Government commitment to eradicate RAAC from NHS hospitals by 2035. QEH has been working to maximise the safety of QEH since the national alert was issued and has always worked hard to ensure high standards of maintenance across our estate. National experts have been very clear that QEH’s end of life date is 2030. Within the QEH estate RAAC is an extensive issue, affecting more than 80% of the hospital including the walls as well as the roof. We now have more than 1,500 steel and timber support props in 56 areas of the hospital. This is almost three times more props than beds and we are the most propped hospital in the country. A new hospital is the only solution to these issues.

@@teamqeh I’m not disputing that the Roof structure doesn’t need replacement, far from it but, had it been maintained properly you wouldn’t have been experiencing the current issues. Any roof structure will fail, more so timber if it’s allowed to get constantly wet every time it rains. As I tried to explain before it’s the roof coating that’s failed and that’s purely down to lack of maintenance. This 860 million will almost definitely run into a much higher figure. Totally wasted money that could be put to better use. The main building structure of the QEH is excellent, So why demolish it because it requires a roof and a few other updates. If your builder gave you a quote to demolish and rebuild you an entire new house just because your existing one required a new roof I’m sure most of you would question it. Council money, government money, wherever it comes from, it’ll be from your pockets at the end of the day.

I didn’t really expect anyone to agree with me on this issue because many people who listen to the academics seem to think that by building a brand new hospital it will solve everything. Adolf Hitler once said that if you tell a lie and repeat it often enough people will believe it. This is exactly what’s happened with the QEH by stating that it was only built to last a limited time. Rumours among folk will always spread easily especially if they’re bad or false ones. Yes, you can bang on all day about inferior building materials and spread false rumours but, I’m more than happy to meet anyone who doubts me on site so as I can back up what I’ve written and point out the REAL issues with the QEH structure. BTW, all flat roofs have a life span, normally this would be 20/30 years. Please don’t confuse this lifespan with the structure of the complete QEH hospital building. The 20 to 30 year lifespan on the QEH roof coating has been totally ignored causing the need for many prop’s supporting a ruined waterlogged roof structure. = Typical lack of maintenance

@@christinehubbard5617 Many thanks for your comments Christine. We are making information about our proposals and the evidence supporting them available on our website at www.qehkl.nhs.uk/tell-us-what-you-think.asp and will continue to add to this over the coming weeks and months as more information becomes available.

the tories have other priorities