Additional funding to maintain and improve the NHS estate would play an important role in improving performance and productivity and stop staff working around a huge backlog, researchers have said.
The long-awaited NHS long-term workforce plan will fail to meet ambitious productivity targets without sustained investment in capital, technology and management, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has...
Construction delays and overspends on existing developments mean the government will miss its election target to build 40 hospitals by 2030, the National Audit Office has warned.
“Substantial underinvestment” in an ageing NHS estate has worsened care backlogs and left healthcare services worse than other developed countries, experts have warned.
“Glaring holes” in the NHS capital budget pose a risk to patient safety and mean long waiting lists will be tough to reduce, the government has been warned.
