NHS spending hundreds of millions a year on paper record storage, analysis finds
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NHS spending hundreds of millions a year on paper record storage, analysis finds
According to new figures put together by a specialist policy research outfit, many individual trusts around the country are spending in excess of £1m annually on physical space for documents The NHS collectively spent almost £240m on storing records during the 2024/25 year, analysis from healthcare-focused think tank The King’s Fund has found. This equates to an average of £1.22m per NHS trust – an increase of £30,000 since 2018. The King’s Fund…
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