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ARTICLE · 27 NOVEMBER 2019

NHS Estates Report

It is widely accepted that there is a £6 billion maintenance backlog for our NHS estates, £3 billion of which is safety critical. This backlog arises as a result of years of austerity;

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It is widely accepted that there is a £6 billion maintenance backlog for our NHS estates, £3 billion of which is safety critical. This backlog arises as a result of years of austerity; whereby £4.3 billion of capital funding, together with receipts from the sale of NHS assets, have been diverted to keep day-to-day NHS spending in balance.

The primary care and community estates are in particularly poor order, with aged and decaying buildings, many of which are contaminated with asbestos, that are wholly unsuitable for hub working, new technology or the housing of multi-disciplinary teams. All of these are key elements of the NHS Long Term Plan (LTP).

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