Asbestos link probed in death of joiner at Huddersfield hospital
The family of a former joiner who died from cancer believe it was caused while he was exposed to asbestos building Huddersfield Royal Infirmary...
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Hospital air tests return negative result for asbestos
Air testing has returned a negative result for asbestos after dust fell on a patient in a hospital’s intensive care unit...
Alarm raised over asbestos risk to workers after Redditch man dies
Experts in asbestos-related diseases at law firm Irwin Mitchell have called for significant improvements in the way asbestos is monitored, managed and handled after new statistics published by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) revealed there more than 5,000 deaths from asbestos-related diseases in 2013. The report indicated 2,538 mesothelioma...
Care home fined over failure to remove asbestos from site
A Hertfordshire care home has been fined after it failed to ensure asbestos was removed from old buildings before demolition work. The unsafe working practices were revealed after a complaint last spring from a member of the public living close to the former hospital site on Hospital Hill, Chesham, Buckinghamshire....
Hospital maintenance staff ‘exposed’ to asbestos
Some maintenance staff at a leading cancer hospital were “unknowingly exposed” to airborne asbestos levels above safety standards, a report says. The BBC has reported that the Christie hospital in Manchester admitted “historically may not have met the required health and safety standards”. They stressed that there was...
Asbestos found on hospital building site to be removed and treated as hazardous waste
Asbestos found on the site of a proposed hospital will have to be removed as hazardous waste. The recommendation has been passed on to contractors due to start on the St Luke's project in Market Harborough...
Staff sent for tests after asbestos find in tunnels beneath St Pancras Hospital
A network of tunnels beneath the sprawling St Pancras Hospital site has been welded shut and danger signs placed around manholes after asbestos was discovered by specialists. Staff are being sent for lung tests and X-rays by Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust and a decontamination unit has been installed at...
Operations cancelled after suspected asbestos found at North Wales hospital
Healthcare chiefs “seal off” six wards, cancel operations and divert emergency ambulances this morning after suspected asbestos dust was found in the air. Workmen wearing protective suits and breathing apparatus were seen going into the wards after air quality control tests revealed “elevated ratings” of an unconfirmed substance in...