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NHS capital investment cuts leave England’s hospitals crumbling.
St Mary’s in London is an example of how a longtime lack of spending is being felt across the system.
The service is struggling with an accumulated maintenance backlog estimated to be worth more than £10bn, the highest since records began.
"We still provide the best care we can but some patients are so horrified by their surroundings that they discharge themselves".
https://www.ft.com/content/eff98439-44ba-43a3-b9af-3ce796002c24
@TheEuropeanNetwork gives me no pleasure in boosting this article re #NHS #infrastructure - but there's no point in escaping that years of funding cuts, even when they were dressed up as not affecting frontline services, can have longer term consequences.
The sad thing is that once such a problem is noticeable, it is harder to fix quickly enough. The inertia to capital investment in #healthcare #facilities is long and slow. Prob not just in #UKPolitics