Patients are being put at risk because the country’s hospitals are in a “catastrophic” condition.

The Mirror has obtained a devastating dossier which shows that NHS hospitals in England do not have enough cash to fix leaking roofs and boilers, or replace malfunctioning heating systems.

Documents from board meetings of all 131 acute hospital trusts show the dangers facing patients who depend on the health service.

They include burst pipes, roofs at risk of collapse and faulty medical equipment - all caused by a the Tory failure to fund the NHS properly.

The NHS buildings and equipment budget has been relentlessly squeezed year after year with nearly £5billion of it transferred to prop up day-to-day spending over the last five years.

The health service now has a maintenance backlog of £6billion, half of it safety critical.

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Papers show that trusts are faced with hundreds of risks to patient safety classed as “catastrophic” or “extreme”, with the majority linked to lack of spending, staffing shortages or the failures of privatisation.

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn warns of a direct risk to the life and safety of patients from the roof falling in.

At Morecambe Bay, where there is a big maintenance backlog on ageing equipment, “unsuitable” environments for safe clinical care has led to the closure of the hospital’s day case theatres.

In County Durham and Darlington, the trust is at extreme risk of failing to meet asbestos and fire regulations, and a total power failure across multiple sites, which could put lives at risk.

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The board of East Cheshire Trust warned that a shortage of CTG machines to record fetal heartbeat in high risk pregnancies on the maternity unit could put unborn babies in danger.

And at the Royal Derby Hospital, a failing emergency buzzer system in the children’s wards meant that staff would be unable to warn colleagues if something went seriously wrong.

East Kent Trust has a massive £71million backlog means that essential repairs are not being carried out, leading to leaking roofs, burst pipes leading to water supply shortages and injury to staff and patients, with potential breaches to health and safety standards.

In Doncaster and Bassetlaw, under-staffing meant children’s nurses were split between two sites which could lead to children being harmed and treatment delays.

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At Southport and Ormskirk, a “catastrophic” risk of inadequate staffing levels in the anaesthetic department could affect the safety of A&E, intensive care and maternity departments.

Meanwhile, a Virgin walk-in Centre at Coventry and Warwickshire Trust had two cases resulting in patients dying. A coroner subsequently recommended patients be assessed in 15 minutes, but it has not been implemented because it is not in Virgin’s contract.

Shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth, who has pledged £15billion in capital spending, said: “These shocking reports reveal an NHS in crisis and on the brink.

“It is one thing for clinicians and managers to say what needs fixing, but we need a Labour government that will crack on and do it.”

Boris Johnson ’s promise to upgrade and build new hospitals has come under fire during the election campaign as it has emerged the money has not been committed.

A survey of NHS chiefs in England earlier this year found that four out of five fear the lack of capital funding poses a medium or high risk to patient safety.

Almost all (97%) of the 161 bosses surveyed by NHS Providers, which represents NHS hospital and ambulance services, are worried by how much money their trust needs to undertake urgent repairs.

Tory Health Secretary Matt Hancock said: “We are already embarking on the largest hospital building programme in a generation, building 40 new hospitals across the country, as well as investing in hospital upgrades and new machines to boost early cancer diagnosis.

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“This is on top of the extra £33.9billion a year by 2023 to 2024 that the government is providing to the NHS.

“A majority Conservative government will ensure that the NHS has the workforce it needs, including 50,000 more nurses on the frontline by 2025 to ease workforce pressures, and deliver 6,000 more GPs and 6,000 more primary care staff in England over the course of the next parliament.”