Problems mount for New Hospitals Programme
Concerns over the New Hospitals Programme (NHP) have been growing in recent months, since NHS Providers warned that it was on … Read more
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NAO investigates as ‘new hospitals’ promise now certain to be broken
Amid the turmoil of the change of health secretary and chancellor there is another major question mark over the credibility … Read more
Propaganda stepped up as new hospital schemes are stalled
Hospital trust chief executives are being told to exaggerate the scale of any new developments by describing any new unit … 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
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
Boris’ £1.8 billion pledge – the 20 hospitals to receive £850 million
The upgrade programme that’s being announced by Boris Johnson includes a government list of 20 hospitals to be funded. The … Read more
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
Budget 2018: Repairs bill for crumbling NHS hospitals hits £3bn amid backlash against Chancellor’s spending plans
Full story in The Independent, 30 October 2018 Phillip Hammond is facing a backlash for failing to find the £3bn urgently … Read more