NHS capital plan: major investment announced to rebuild “crumbling” hospitals and GP surgeries

A new long term plan to rebuild "crumbling" NHS buildings and infrastructure will end "a decade of national decline in the NHS," the government has vowed. 1 The NHS 10 year capital plan budget, announced on 9 July, will be £15bn by 2029-30 for improvements to provide NHS patients and staff with "modern buildings, reliable equipment, and services fit for the future," said health minister Karin Smyth.The investment will help patients get faster appointments and bring more care closer to home for patients across the country, Smyth said.