Lack of beds and staff will hamper NHS clearing backlog
A report from the think-tank Nuffield Trust has found that longterm under-investment in the NHS will hamper its ability to … Read more
Infrastructure problems
Sizing-up Johnson’s builder credentials
There will be £1.5bn extra this year for NHS building and maintenance projects, according to Boris Johnson, in his speech … Read more
Questions raised over wisdom of “Nightingale” hospitals
In the late 18th century Russian prince Grigori Potemkin is alleged in popular myth to have built impressive fake villages along … Read more
Trusts concerned over long waits for covid-19 test results
Several NHS trusts have waited up to a week to find out if their patients have covid-19, according to a … Read more
HSJ reports Frantic action to stop London ‘running out of beds in four days’
The Health Service Journal reports that details of a massive increase in intensive care beds have been circulated to NHS … Read more
National Audit Office finds parts of NHS ‘seriously financially unstable’
The National Audit Office has published two reports. The first, NHS financial management and sustainability, looks at the financial and operational performance … Read more
NHS bosses urge PM to give NHS 100 new hospitals plus an extra £7bn a year
Boris Johnson’s government is being urged by the bosses of the 240 NHS trusts in England to build 100 new … Read more
Major London trust to take over ‘dilapidated’ Mount Vernon Cancer Centre
University College London Hospitals Foundation Trust has been chosen as the preferred provider to take over East and North Hertfordshire … Read more
Backlog costs for maintenance increases to £6.5 bn
Data released by NHS Digital indicates that the total amount of money needed to eradicate the backlog of maintenance in … Read more
From 40 hospitals to just six projects
On the first day of the Conservative party conference in Manchester, Matt Hancock announced that an extra £3bn to rebuild … Read more