The PM is reported to have blocked plans to rebuild five hospitals riddled with collapse-prone reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete in 2020.
Health Secretary Steve Barclay said it was inaccurate to suggest that the Prime Minister had blocked funding for rebuilding hospitals
The paper said that only two of seven hospital rebuilding projects backed by the Department for Health were given Treasury approval in the 2020 spending review. “What Rishi Sunak as chancellor put in place was a £700 million fund for replacement – that was put in place from 2021,” Mr Barclay told Sky News.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak with Secretary of State for Health Steve Barclay during a hospital visit earlier this year
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