The latest NHS Digital figures show £34 million is needed to restore buildings at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to certain standards as of March.
This work should have already taken place and covers everything from leaky gutters and faulty lifts to critical electrical and structural issues in hospital buildings. It does not include planned maintenance due to be undertaken.
A spokesperson for the trust said it understands the areas of “greatest need” and invests “heavily” in an annual programme of works each year.
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