Hospital infrastructure deficit shows a different path is needed

A new report from the NZ Infrastructure Commission (Infracom) highlights that we must change how we plan, build and maintain our public hospitals if we are to address their ageing infrastructure and meet changing population needs. This finding results from a new report they commissioned that looks into the cost of maintaining and renewing public hospitals.

The report, Building a Healthy Future, reveals that over the next thirty years, New Zealand will have to spend $115 billion – four times more than we currently do – on hospitals unless we change how we do things.