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Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) planks were used in the UK construction industry generally between the 1960s and 1980s. They were used to form products such as floor planks, roof planks and wall panels. In May 2019, an alert from the independent UK body the Standing Committee on Structural Safety highlighted significant concerns around the structural safety of properties with these components.


Since the 2019 alert was issued, my officials and advisers at NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP) \- which has the responsibility to maximise resources through commissioning and procuring work for the NHS on a once\-for\-Wales basis \- have been engaging with NHS Wales about the management of and the risks associated with RAAC.


Several Specialist Estate Services Notifications have been issued as part of this work, between November 2019 and January 2022, tasking NHS organisations with undertaking investigations into the presence (or not) of RAAC. This covered all NHS licenced premises.


In 2022, NWSSP appointed a specialist structural engineer on behalf of the Welsh Government to review the reports received by organisations and those locations where RAAC had been identified. The specialist reviews were completed in November 2022, with all site survey reports produced as part of this commission being shared with the relevant organisations.


Health boards and NHS trusts were further requested in February 2023 to complete a further iteration of investigation to take into account the findings of the specialist engineers reports. These enhanced assurance reports are currently ongoing. Those which have been completed are being collected and reviewed.


Based on the findings to date, RAAC has been identified as being present in two acute hospital sites across Wales – Withybush Hospital, in Haverfordwest and Nevill Hall Hospital, in Abergavenny. 


The two health boards where RAAC has been located are currently undertaking further investigations and are taking necessary mitigation measures to ensure the safety of patients, staff and visitors. 


At Withybush Hospital, where six ward areas are currently closed for mitigation works, 32 patients have been moved to beds commissioned in South Pembrokeshire Hospital. These are non\-acute beds and accessed by patients who no longer have acute healthcare needs.


The wards subject to works at Withybush Hospital are planned to be recommissioned on a phased basis with an aim to complete works by the end of March 2024\.


The Welsh Government has made £12\.8m available to support the remediation work at Withybush Hospital.


At Nevill Hall Hospital no patients have been impacted by the small number of non\-clinical areas which have been closed on site. 


Smaller areas of RAAC have also been found in a remote plant room at Bronglais Hospital, in Aberystwyth, where access is restricted to trained staff only and not open to the public and a canteen at Bryn y Neuadd hospital, Llanfairfechan, which was decommissioned in January 2022\.


The outputs from the more detailed survey works will be known later in the autumn, which will inform the next steps to be taken around any further remediation works and management of sites. I do not anticipate that the survey work undertaken to date will be changed, subject to the Institute of Structural Engineers’ guidance remaining the same.


I have asked my Officials to commission the NHS to identify the presence of RAAC across the NHS Estates Portfolio which includes any building from which NHS care is delivered.  


 







Translation:


 
Defnyddiwyd planciau Concrit Awyredig Awtoclafiedig Cyfnerth (RAAC) gan y diwydiant adeiladu yn y DU rhwng y 1960au a’r 1980au yn gyffredinol. Fe’u defnyddiwyd i greu cynnyrch fel planciau llawr, planciau to a phaneli wal. Ym mis Mai 2019, tynnodd rhybudd gan y corff annibynnol yn y DU, y Pwyllgor Sefydlog ar Ddiogelwch Strwythurol, sylw at y pryderon sylweddol ynghylch diogelwch strwythurol eiddo a oedd yn cynnwys y cydrannau hyn.     


Ers i’r rhybudd hwnnw gael ei gyhoeddi yn 2019, mae fy swyddogion a'm cynghorwyr ym Mhartneriaeth Cydwasanaethau GIG Cymru – sy’n gyfrifol am ddefnyddio adnoddau yn y ffordd orau posibl drwy gomisiynu a chaffael gwaith ar gyfer y GIG ar sail ‘unwaith i Gymru’ – wedi bod mewn cysylltiad â GIG Cymru ynghylch rheoli RAAC a'r peryglon cysylltiedig.


Rhwng mis Tachwedd 2019 a mis Ionawr 2022, cyhoeddwyd nifer o Hysbysiadau Gwasanaethau Ystadau Arbenigol fel rhan o'r gwaith hwn. Yn unol â’r hysbysiadau hynny, rhoddwyd y dasg i sefydliadau'r GIG o gynnal ymchwiliadau i bresenoldeb (neu ddiffyg) RAAC. Roedd y gwaith hwn yn berthnasol i holl fangreoedd trwyddedig y GIG.


Yn 2022, penododd Partneriaeth Cydwasanaethau GIG Cymru beiriannydd strwythurol arbenigol ar ran Llywodraeth Cymru i adolygu'r adroddiadau a dderbyniwyd gan sefydliadau a'r lleoliadau hynny lle’r oedd RAAC wedi’i ganfod. Cafodd yr adolygiadau arbenigol eu cwblhau ym mis Tachwedd 2022, a rhannwyd â'r sefydliadau perthnasol yr adroddiadau ar yr holl arolygon safle a luniwyd fel rhan o'r comisiwn hwn.


Ym mis Chwefror 2023, gofynnwyd i fyrddau iechyd ac ymddiriedolaethau’r GIG gynnal ymchwiliadau pellach i ystyried canfyddiadau adroddiadau’r peiriannydd arbenigol. Mae’r adroddiadau sicrwydd uwch hyn yn cael eu llunio ar hyn o bryd. Mae’r rhai sydd wedi’u cwblhau yn cael eu casglu a’u hadolygu.


Ar sail y canfyddiadau hyd yma, nodwyd bod RAAC yn bresennol mewn dau safle ysbyty acíwt yng Nghymru – Ysbyty Llwynhelyg yn Hwlffordd ac Ysbyty Nevill Hall yn y Fenni.


Mae’r ddau fwrdd iechyd lle mae RAAC wedi’i ganfod wrthi’n ymchwilio ymhellach ac yn cymryd camau lliniaru angenrheidiol i ddiogelu cleifion, staff ac ymwelwyr.


Yn Ysbyty Llwynhelyg, lle mae chwe ardal ward ynghau ar hyn o bryd oherwydd gwaith lliniaru, mae 32 o gleifion wedi’u symud i welyau a gomisiynwyd yn Ysbyty De Sir Benfro. Nid yw’r rhain yn welyau gofal acíwt ac nid oes angen gofal iechyd acíwt ar y cleifion hyn mwyach.


O ran y wardiau yn Ysbyty Llwynhelyg y mae gwaith yn cael ei wneud ynddynt, bwriedir eu hailgomisiynu’n raddol, gan anelu at gwblhau’r gwaith erbyn diwedd mis Mawrth 2024\.


Mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi darparu £12\.8 miliwn i gefnogi’r gwaith cyweirio yn Ysbyty Llwynhelyg.


Yn Ysbyty Nevill Hall, does dim cleifion wedi’u heffeithio gan y nifer fach o ardaloedd anghlinigol sydd wedi’u cau ar y safle. 


Mae ardaloedd llai o RAAC hefyd wedi’u canfod mewn ystafell beiriannau yn ysbyty Bronglais, yn Aberystwyth, sy’n cael ei defnyddio gan staff hyfforddedig yn unig ac nad yw ar agor i’r cyhoedd, a ffreutur yn ysbyty Bryn y Neuadd, Llanfairfechan, a gafodd ei ddatgomisiynu ym mis Ionawr 2022\.


Bydd canlyniadau’r gwaith arolygu manylach ar gael yn nes ymlaen yn nhymor yr hydref, a bydd hyn yn hysbysu’r camau nesaf sydd i’w cymryd o ran unrhyw waith cyweirio pellach a gwaith rheoli safleoedd. Nid wyf yn rhagweld y bydd unrhyw newid i’r gwaith arolygu a wnaed hyd yma, cyn belled ag y bod canllawiau Sefydliad y Peirianwyr Strwythurol yn aros yr un fath.


Rwyf wedi gofyn i’m Swyddogion gomisynu’r GIG i ganfod presenoldeb RAAC ar draws Portffolio Ystadau’r GIG, sy’n cynnwys unrhyw adeilad lle bydd gofal y GIG yn cael ei ddarparu.