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Patient safety at risk as Tories’ ‘40 hospitals’ project mired in delays
Campaigners slam pledge as a ‘scam’ while Trust leaders say costs have spiralled by 25 per cent
Staff on a NHS hospital ward, October 3, 2014

THE Tories’ faltering pledge to build more hospitals is a “scam” designed to make it look as if the government is committed to investing in health services, campaigners charged today.

The government promised 40 new hospitals in England by 2030 under Boris Johnson’s leadership in 2019.

The scheme sparked criticism after it transpired that not all of them would be new but included refurbishments and extensions. 

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