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  • WHAT’S HAPPENING?
    • ICBs aim for £8bn savings, risking NHS staff and delays
    • Enough funding for the NHS?
    • Now Labour is in, press for action to rescue the NHS
    • Battles rage over physician associates
    • Criticism of the long-term workforce plan begins to emerge
    • Key points of the 2023 long-term workforce plan
    • The damaging effects of underfunding
    • Virtual Wards
    • Patient safety: Warnings from all sides
    • Integrated Care Organisations
    • The views of NHS staff
  • WHY?
    • Why are local NHS leaders running out of funds?
    • Staff Shortages
    • International comparison
  • WHAT’S THE CURE?
    • Ten reasons why the NHS needs longterm rises in funding
    • In defence of the NHS
    • Would European style social health insurance be the answer to the problems of the NHS?
    • What’s so good about the NHS?
    • Can the NHS survive in the long-term?
  • WHAT CAN I DO?
    • Find a local campaign group
    • Tell us your experiences of underfunding
    • Donate
  • ARTICLES
    • The Lowdown – home to campaigning articles on the NHS
    • Restoring the People’s NHS
    • BMJ Commission’s call to action to relaunch the NHS
    • Emergency care summit report
    • Recent reports
    • Delays to treatment
    • Staff shortages
    • Integrated Care Systems
    • Reduction in training
    • Rationing
    • Cuts to services
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Infrastructure problems

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

Categories Funding, Debt, Deficit, Infrastructure problems Tags debt, deficit, hospitals, infrastructure, infrastructure problems, NAO

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

Categories Funding, Infrastructure problems Tags deficit, hospitals, infrastructure, NHS Providers, underfunding

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

Categories Infrastructure problems, Quality of care Tags hospitals, infrastructure, Mount Vernon Cancer Centre

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

Categories Infrastructure problems, Deficit, Quality of care Tags building infrastructure, infrastructure problems, maintenance backlog, NHS Digital

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

Categories Funding, Infrastructure problems Tags building infrastructure, capital funding, deficit, hospitals, Matt Hancock, NHS England, underfunding

NHS to get extra £1.8bn even under no-deal Brexit, says Hancock

According to Matt Hancock, the Health Secretary, the NHS will get an extra £1.8bn to be spent on NHS infrastructure … Read more

Categories Funding, Infrastructure problems Tags Boris Johnson, hospitals, infrastructure problems, Matt Hancock, underfunding

Johnson’s £1.8bn for NHS welcome but not enough, say health experts

Boris Johnson’s promise of £1.8 billion to be spent on NHS infrastructure and equipment was met with was accusations that … Read more

Categories Funding, Infrastructure problems Tags Boris Johnson, capital funding, deficit, hospitals, infrastructure problems, underfunding

HSJ Exclusive: Capital billions promised by ministers fail to reach ‘front line’

An investigation by the HSJ has found that only a fraction of the £2.5bn of capital funding announced and allocated … Read more

Categories Funding, Infrastructure problems Tags capital funding, hospitals, infrastructure problems, NHS reform

Treasury curbs on NHS capital spending at ‘crisis point’

Treasury restrictions on how much hospitals in England can spend on capital projects are forcing some to put off developments … Read more

Categories NHS spending, Cuts to services, Deficit, Funding, Infrastructure problems Tags ambulance service, cost-cutting, cuts to services, hospitals, infrastructure problems, mental health, NHS England, NHS Providers, safety

Trust eyes new private finance model to build hospital

An acute trust is hoping to be among the first organisations to use a new form of private financing to … Read more

Categories PFI, Infrastructure problems, NHS spending Tags hospitals, infrastructure, PFI
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  • HOME
  • WHAT’S HAPPENING?
    • ICBs aim for £8bn savings, risking NHS staff and delays
    • Enough funding for the NHS?
    • Now Labour is in, press for action to rescue the NHS
    • Battles rage over physician associates
    • Criticism of the long-term workforce plan begins to emerge
    • Key points of the 2023 long-term workforce plan
    • The damaging effects of underfunding
    • Virtual Wards
    • Patient safety: Warnings from all sides
    • Integrated Care Organisations
    • The views of NHS staff
  • WHY?
    • Why are local NHS leaders running out of funds?
    • Staff Shortages
    • International comparison
  • WHAT’S THE CURE?
    • Ten reasons why the NHS needs longterm rises in funding
    • In defence of the NHS
    • Would European style social health insurance be the answer to the problems of the NHS?
    • What’s so good about the NHS?
    • Can the NHS survive in the long-term?
  • WHAT CAN I DO?
    • Find a local campaign group
    • Tell us your experiences of underfunding
    • Donate
  • ARTICLES
    • The Lowdown – home to campaigning articles on the NHS
    • Restoring the People’s NHS
    • BMJ Commission’s call to action to relaunch the NHS
    • Emergency care summit report
    • Recent reports
    • Delays to treatment
    • Staff shortages
    • Integrated Care Systems
    • Reduction in training
    • Rationing
    • Cuts to services
  • DONATE