Almost half of hospitals forced to close wards due to floods, power cuts and maintenance issues Almost half of NHS hospitals in England have been forced to close wards and vital services due to flooding, power cuts and structural problems, ITV News has discovered.
Our investigation has found entire accident and emergency departments, maternity wards and paediatric units at NHS hospitals have been temporarily shut in the last three years due to maintenance problems.
Some hospitals have had to permanently close entire wards because they are no longer structurally safe.
A Freedom of Information request to 95 NHS Trusts in England found 42% of those who responded have had wards, departments or services temporarily or permanently closed to due structural or repair issues since 2020.
In the last three years, 171 incidents were recorded at 27 NHS trusts.
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