Key facts

£4.3bn

transferred from the capital budget to revenue budget between 2014-15 and 2018-19

 

£6.5bn

estimated total backlog maintenance as reported at October 2019

 

£1.7bn

difference between NHS foundation trusts' and NHS trusts' (NHS providers') capital spending plans and the available providers' capital budget at the start of 2019-20

 

20%

minimum reduction requested by NHS England and NHS Improvement in the revised capital spending plans of NHS providers in July 2019, before additional capital funds were announced in August 2019

£1.1 billion

of high-risk backlog maintenance reported at October 2019, putting patients at risk of harm

99%

increase in the funds raised from the sale of assets between 2016-17 and 2018-19

£600 million

remaining gap between NHS providers' original capital spending plans and their capital budget for 2019-20, following the announcement of additional funding