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Tuesday, September 25, 2018

UK NHS hospitals infested with maggots dropping from ceiling in a cancer clinic, cockroaches in intensive care, rats above operating theaters, mice in private maternity wing. Pest exterminators called to wards 12 times a day-Daily Mail, 2/10/2018

“The details of the infestations – the most comprehensive ever to emerge – follow a Freedom of Information request by this newspaper to 135 trusts across England.” 

2/10/18,Probe reveals NHS hospitals are infested with maggots in a cancer clinic, cockroaches in intensive care and rats above operating theatres,” Daily Mail, Jo McFarlane

“Pest control experts are being called to wards an average of 12 times a day***Mice found in the private maternity wing at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital***Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable has said the situation is appalling”

“Hospitals have been forced to spend millions fighting an infestation of pests and vermin, including disease-ridden rats, following decades of under-investment.


There were an astonishing 4,500 call-outs during 2016-17 alone, and a further 3,614 between April and December last year – contributing to a nationwide bill likely to exceed £3 million [$3.95 million US]


From the jaw-dropping responses, it can be revealed that:

*Rats were found above operating theatres at Exmouth Hospital in Devon, while evidence of them was found in the ceiling voids above theatres and day surgery units at University Hospital Coventry;
Nursery staff at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, Essex, reported rat sightings six times in less than three years
  • Nursery staff at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, Essex, reported rat sightings six times in less than three years;
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable, who has proposed a 1p rise on income tax for the NHS and social care, said: ‘This is an appalling indictment of the Conservatives’ commitment to the NHS, which is in desperate need of more funding.’

Shadow Health Secretary Jonathan Ashworth added: ‘Years of Tory under-funding and cuts to hospital maintenance budgets have led to these infestations.

‘Patients will be disgusted and Theresa May should be ashamed.’

The NHS is said to be preparing to borrow £10 billion [$13 billion US] from private companies to pay for upgrades to its estate. 

More than a third of buildings were constructed before 1974 and now need upgrading, according to specialist consultancy EC Harris, while Victorian buildings must be rebuilt.

Natalie Bungay, of the British Pest Control Association, said: ‘Most of the problems I’ve come across involving larger scale pest control issues are in hospitals which are very old, have a lot of voids and old sewer systems. 

Yet contracts with private pest control firms such as Rentokil and Ecolab are worth, in some cases, in excess of £40,000 a year.

Some of the largest trusts – in Leicester, Newcastle and King’s College in London – deal with hundreds of pest reports every year and each must be investigated.


Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust paid £3,688 to one company to deal with a pigeon or pigeons in the ‘theatres courtyard’, and a further £2,716 on a fly infestation. 

In a statement, NHS Improvement said: ‘Hospitals must have an effective pest control policy and the use of experts is good practice to ensure that buildings are kept clean and safe for patients.’”





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