Plans to reform NHS have chilling echoes' of HS2 failures, MPs warn

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"Plans to reform the NHS have chilling echoes of the failures around HS2, MPs have said as they warn Labour is at serious risk of not meeting its pledge to cut waiting lists. The public accounts committee (PAC) warned that poor practices seen in the troubled project to build the high-speed rail link were being replicated in the health service and could lead to wasted effort to overhaul the NHS."

The Independent covers reproductive rights, climate change, and Big Tech with investigative reporting and documentaries spotlighting American women fighting for reproductive rights. The outlet maintains paywall-free access and seeks donations to fund journalists to report on multiple perspectives in critical moments. MPs warned that proposed NHS reforms mirror failures from the HS2 project, citing replicated poor practices, wasted billions, and slow progress on reducing waiting lists. The Public Accounts Committee highlighted that major investments in diagnostics and surgical services have not achieved expected pace of change. Plans to absorb NHS England into the Department of Health risk further disruption and variable local management.

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