Northwick Park Hospital - under a cloud |
Gareth Thomas MP (Harrow West) has revealed that a new analysis by the Shadow Health team shows that Northwick Park Hospital has the fifth highest backlog of ‘high risk’ repair work of any facility in England.
‘High risk’ maintenance is categorised as an urgent priority in order to prevent ‘catastrophic failure’ and ‘serious injury’. The estimated cost to eradicate the backlog of ‘high risk’ maintenance work at Northwick Park Hospital is £21,488,929.
Other figures are:
Cost to eradicate significant risk backlog: £10,554,117
Cost to eradicate moderate risk backlog: £10,446,688
Cost to eradicate low risk backlog: £62,441,594
Risk adjusted backlog cost: £33,418,297