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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
David Lynch

Cost of maintenance for ‘crumbling’ hospitals passes £1bn

PA Wire

The cost of maintenance work on England’s hospitals exceeded £1bn last year, data shared by ministers has revealed.

Some £1,013,000,000 was spent on maintaining the hospitals’ estate in the 2021-22 financial year, according to the NHS’s annual Estates Returns Information Collection.

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