Select committee: Public Accounts Committee
Conclusion 18
Eighth report: NHS capital expenditure and financial management
Published 8 Jul 2020
Addressed to HM Treasury
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Conclusion (the committee's words)
We asked NHSE&I if the historic backlog of maintenance costs had a bearing on the COVID-19 response. NHSE&I told us that although they had to respond quickly and flexibly to re-purpose capacity, this had not been the main constraint in the response.41 During the COVID-19 response many NHS services have switched to being provided digitally, such as remote consultations. NHSE&I noted that this is the direction of travel set out in the NHS Long Term Plan. However, it acknowledged that new investment is required for additional capacity on a “permanent basis”, including critical care, general and acute beds in hospitals and additional capacity in community care settings.42 Workforce
From: Public Accounts Committee, Eighth report: NHS capital expenditure and financial management (HC 344), 8 July 2020
Government response
No government response linked yet: deadline 8 September 2020, 2245 days ago.