Friday 25 November 2011

Welsh Hospital Under Further Asbestos-Management Scrutiny

The Welsh Government has launched an independent review into the management of asbestos at Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth.

The hospital failed to implement effective controls to manage asbestos after a survey in 2004 found the substance in stairwells and lift shafts. The unsafe practices, which required maintenance workers to operate in these areas, continued until 2009, when they were quickly identified by the hospital’s new Health Board and reported to the HSE.