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Title NHS capital funding levels Country/Territory Australia Date 10/06/19 Description Joshua Kraindler, economics analyst at the Health Foundation, said: “With this transfer, the capital budget is, in real terms, the same as it was in 2010-11 and as a result, capital investment per NHS worker continues to fall.
“These in-year transfers from the capital budget continue a cycle of short-termism, leaving trusts unable to afford the most modern technology while also using equipment beyond their expected useful lives.
“The funding environment is also leading some trusts to abandon long-term transformation projects due to the uncertainty of capital funding. At the same time, there is a rising maintenance backlog of £6bn, which is now larger than the annual capital budget and half of which is rated as high and significant risk.”Persons Josh Kraindler