On Saturday (13 February), a water tank at Queen’s Hospital failed and the pressure of the subsequent flooding was great enough to cause some damage to the wall of the building near our Emergency Department.

No one was hurt in this incident and we would like to say a huge thank you to all the teams involved, including our own staff and the emergency services, for doing a fantastic job in keeping everyone safe, our hospital running, and to get the water supply back up and running so quickly.

A big thank you also goes to Asda, Tesco, Essex & Suffolk Water and our partners Sodexo and Mitie, which provided bottled water while the supply was off.