Cost of ‘40 new hospitals’ has ‘inflated’ beyond Treasury allocation, admits Barclay

Steve Barclay

Soaring inflation has driven the cost of the ‘40 new hospitals’ promised by government beyond the funds previously ‘signed off’ by the Treasury, health secretary Steve Barclay has admitted.

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