\u00a0This report finds that in comparison to similarly advanced economies, the UK’s capital investment in the NHS\u00a0has been very low. On average, a person living in the UK has missed out on almost \u00a32,000 since 1975 \u2013 the equivalent of over \u00a3100 billion overall.\u00a0\u00a0 The report recommends a new settlement to fund capital and support transformation totalling \u00a35.6 billion per year \u2013 an 80 per cent uplift. The PFI legacy must also be urgently addressed, through a \u2018right to enfranchisement\u2019 for the NHS, which would bring those that represent bad deals back into public ownership. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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