A hospital held up by 3,000 props is optimistic, but it has yet to be put on a rebuild list.
The hospital opened in 1980 - one of seven built using a material called reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete , which the NHS estate has promised to remove by 2035.Alice Webster said she was "totally bowled over" by her staff working through the challenges
One hundred areas of the building, including theatre blocks, are supported by props and every public body in west Norfolk has been backing a campaign to get the hospital replaced. Ms Webster said reviews of the building and testing of props was "like painting the Forth bridge, it's never finished". Enabling work for a new hospital had already begun and a plan for a multi-storey car park was due to be submitted next month, she added.
Asked if the continued wait frustrated her, she said: "We have challenges every day - we have to be bold, we have to be brave and we have to continue to deliver what is required today.Four health secretaries have visited the hospital in recent months to see the issues
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