Plans to replace deteriorating NHS hospitals that could put people at risk from collapsing structures are being shelved by Labour.
Ex-Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged 40 new hospitals by the end of the decade, but now the plan looks to be in ruins.
Labour is set to announce that many of the crumbling NHS hospitals in England that were due to be replaced by 2030 will not be completed according to the original timeframe.
According to The Guardian, many trusts will undoubtedly be concerned that patients will continue to get care in hazardous settings and in facilities that are not suitable for their intended use after the announcement, which is scheduled for next week.
Local Members of Parliament are likely to criticise the decision upon the publication of a government review of the program.
Health secretary Wes Streeting is set to blame the Conservatives for leaving Labour a massive undertaking that was budgeted only until this March with costs of about £30 billion.
In September, Streeting said that 12 of the 40 projects, could go ahead, including seven facing the threat of imminent collapse because they contain Raac concrete.
But he also ordered a review into the cost, viability and timescale of proceeding with 25 others which involve ageing and dilapidated hospitals, parts of which are falling apart and increasingly disrupting care for patients.
The delays follow scrutiny by the Treasury, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and NHS England, which has included scrutiny of the funds involved.
Now, the expense will be dispersed over a longer time frame.
It is anticipated that Streeting will state that redevelopments will eventually take place and provide updated program prices.
However, a large number of these projects are already well advanced and are located in hospitals that are in dire need of renovation.
Streeting cautioned that the project would probably be delayed for several years in a letter he issued to all of England’s Members of Parliament in September.
Streeting said: ‘Because we inherited a programme that was unfunded beyond March 2025 and a wider fiscal inheritance that was hugely challenging, we may have to consider rephasing schemes so that they can be taken forward as fiscal conditions allow.
‘A structured and agreed rolling investment approach will mean proceeding with these schemes will be subject to investment decisions at future spending reviews.’
The risks from crumbling hospitals is now so great that some are ‘outright dangerous’, Matthew Taylor, the chief executive of the NHS Confederation, has said.
However, how is this possible? Where has all of the money gone since the NHS’s funding was announced? Did Starmer spend it on his jollies?
Our government have no clue how to handle the economy – they couldn’t even run a bath and it’s all a game to them.
Rachel Reeves increased National Insurance – so where is it going? Because there has been no improvement in services and no cuts in waiting lists. It’s all smoke and mirrors – lies and deception.
For years, they have claimed to be able to improve the NHS. Those of us who had previously endured a Labour government were aware that it was all falsehoods, but they are typically not discovered this rapidly.
We can find funds for people crossing the channel and for war that has nothing to do with us. Our people must come first. Our healthcare system and our military members are the two things that our government does not safeguard.
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