NHS property repair bill set to pass £16bn

New analysis by Property Inspect has revealed that the cost of repairing NHS buildings is on course to exceed £16 billion, as the wider maintenance backlog across the UK’s public estate approaches £50 billion.
The latest data shows that hospitals and other NHS facilities account for £13.8 billion of the government’s estimated £48.6 billion maintenance backlog, meaning almost 30 per cent of all outstanding public-sector repair costs are linked to NHS properties