NHS backlog repair bill soars towards £14 billion
When The Lowdown first started in early 2019, the backlog maintenance bill for England’s NHS was estimated at £6 billion. By 2021, it had risen … Read more
infrastructure funding
Labour manifesto pledge to build new hospitals
Almost casually, and with no real coverage in the mainstream national news media, the Labour Party has abandoned its previous … Read more
High risk strategy as NHS backlog bills keep growing
The bill for “backlog maintenance” in England’s crumbling NHS has more than doubled in the past six years to a massive … Read more
Further delays expected for promised ‘new hospitals’
The government has cut back the funding for eight promised ‘new hospitals’ once again, according to a report by the … Read more
48 new hospitals? Only one by 2025
There is meagre progress in the Johnson government’s repeated promise to build first 40, and more recently 48 “new hospitals” … Read more
When ‘record’ spending is nowhere near enough
There are, according to the famous phrase “Lies, damn lies and statistics”, and the public is fed a diet of … Read more