Government failure to fix NHS buildings puts patients and staff at risk

Commenting on an NHS Providers report that shows delays to the government’s new hospitals programme are harming patients, UNISON head of health Helga Pile said:
“Government cuts have left NHS premises in a dire state, while badly ageing equipment can’t be replaced. The repair backlog keeps growing too.
“This sorry state of affairs has put patients and staff at risk, closed wards, delayed treatment, and worsened the crisis across the health se