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With the New Hospital Programme on pause as the government seeks to conserve public finances, NHS leaders have restressed concerns that the lack of capital funding will only compound capacity demand and waiting list spikes. Looming winter pressures mean the NHS has no time to lose, so what role could short-term building solutions play in providing an interim answer to its building crisis?
The government’s unearthing of a £22 billion ‘black hole’ in public finances has firmly put the brakes on the construction of 40 new hospitals promised to the NHS in 2020. Originally due to complete in 2030, just eight of the proposed hospitals have been built or are pending, with the full rollout and conclusion of the scheme yet to be confirmed.
This has come at a significant
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