Royal Bolton Hospital has been confirmed not to be among the various NHS sites around the country containing potentially dangerous concrete.

Over the last week hundreds of schools across the country, including up to five in Bolton, have reported that they could be at risk of collapse due to the presence of "RAAC" concrete.

Now the Department of Health and Social Care says that several hospital buildings also contain the substance.

A spokesperson said: “The NHS has a mitigation plan in place for hospital buildings with confirmed RAAC, backed with significant additional funding of £698m from 2021 to 2025, for trusts to put in place necessary remediation and failsafe measures.

“We remain committed to eradicating RAAC from the NHS estate entirely by 2035.

“Additionally, we have announced that the seven most affected NHS hospitals will be replaced by 2030 through our New Hospital Programme.

“The technical advice received from the NHS is that the current approach to monitoring and mitigation remains appropriate.”

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There is no RAAC believed to be present in any of Bolton NHS Foundation Trust’s buildings.

But elsewhere in the North West, Royal Blackburn Hospital has been confirmed as one of those that had been built at least partly using RAAC.

The Royal Oldham hospital roof, The Salford Royal Turnberg building and Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Block 44 and Block 8 have also been affected.