@sarahjolney1@mhclg 1/3 Sadly waking watch relief fund should be called the fire alarm relief fund
I’d surmise @govuk had the £30mil in contingency, they know fine well @mhclg backed @lgahousing guidance repeatedly stressed communal fire alarms = false fire alarms (see heard and embedded posts)
We have a not insignificant problem in new and existing #UKhospitals
Build quality + #firesafety are substandard & theres ramifications during #covid19 following a number of intentional hospital fire fatalities in Russia, Romania, Turkey
As the second wave of #covid19 picks up critical mass must address the plethora of fire safety defects & concerns.
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We do appear to have a fire safety problem in UK hospitals
@ukhomeoffice stats indicates an alarming number of fires in high rise hospitals & in the thread woefully inadequate PFI new build quality to legacy issues.
When @NFCC_FireChiefs@labcuk both advise member enforcement agencies to take a soft touch to fire safety in mega #nightinggale field hospitals & significant departures from Health technical memorandum (HTM) Firecode alarm bells are ringing.
Many in the sector have known about the fire safety & building standards issues & have raised formally via professional bodies, academic & practice based outputs + petitions to @GOVUK or regional