Scores of hospitals in England are so old and decrepit that some are falling down. The Conservative government recognised that the NHS needed a massive modernisation of its estate in 2019 when Boris Johnson promised 40 new hospitals by 2030.
But, with public spending due to be tight for the next few years, where would a new government find the money to enable these other projects to go ahead? NHS Providers, which represents trusts, has put forward a new wave of NHS/private-sector partnerships as a potential answer.
