Cost of a new hospital ‘would go a long way’ in primary care – think tank

Dr Beccy Baird, The King's Fund. Credit: UK Parliament

By Daniel Pye

The cost of building a new hospital “would go a long way” in primary care, an independent health think tank has told an MPs’ committee.

On Wednesday, the Health and Social Care Committee discussed how the government could achieve its ambition to shift more care from hospitals into the community.