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Buildings unfit for patient care and nurses’ needs

Keith Cooper Health journalist

Dilapidated hospitals with outdated layouts mean some health trusts need urgent capital investment – but competition for money is fierce

When heavy rain falls on Lynfield Mount hospital in Bradford, West Yorkshire, sewage swells up through its bathroom sinks, and seeps under doors and onto the wards.

Nursing Standard. 37, 3, 8-10. doi: 10.7748/ns.37.3.8.s6

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