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
infrastructure funding
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