At a Public Accounts Committee hearing, James pressed the Chief Executive of the NHS and the Department of Health's most senior official on the need for a decision to confirm QEH as one of the new hospital schemes.
He highlighted that there are more than 3000 timber and steel supports, he challenged the NHS CEO Amanda Pritchard on her message to staff and patients, he underlined the need for urgent decisions given 2030 deadline to remove RAAC, and the impatience of patients and staff across Norfolk, Lincolnshire, and Cambridgeshire who use QEH.
In response, it was confirmed that prioritising dealing with RAAC issues was a priority with decisions on the new hospitals programme later this year. James pointed out they were due in the spring.
