Truss calls for propped-up hospital replacement
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital opened in 1980 and was one of seven built using a material called reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete .
The material has serious weaknesses and is deteriorating, with uncertainty over its structural integrity leading to more than £100m being spent this financial year on safety measures across the affected sites. When Ms Truss was prime minster, she would not commit to a new hospital in King's Lynn, but urged the then Health Secretary Therese Coffey to visit the site.
Ms Coffey was replaced by Steve Barclay when Rishi Sunak succeeded Ms Truss, following her resignation as prime minister in October. Ms Truss, the MP for South West Norfolk, sent the letter to Mr Barclay with fellow Conservatives, MP for North West Norfolk James Wild and Stuart Dark, leader of the Borough Council of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.Jo Rust, independent councillor on the borough council, said: "It's very interesting that she's taking this action now that she's a common old backbencher."Certainly when she was prime minister we'd have expected more action from her.
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