Rundown NHS hospitals have become a danger to patients, warn health chiefs

Exclusive: bill for repairs backlog runs to £9bn and waiting lists are lengthening because of lack of capital to improve infrastructure

NHS patients are being put in danger and waiting lists are getting even longer due to a £9bn maintenance backlog and a major lack of capital funding that has left some parts of hospitals “extremely dilapidated” and unfit for patients, health leaders have warned.”. But the Infrastructure and Projects Authority , the government watchdog, later gave the project an “amber/red” ranking, meaning its delivery “is in doubt with major risks or issues apparent in a number of key areas”.

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