NHS spending hundreds of millions a year on paper record storage, analysis finds

NHS spends £240m storing patient records as digital reforms gather pace - Pharmafile

The NHS spent almost £240m storing patient records in 2024/25, according to analysis by The King’s Fund, highlighting the continued reliance on paper-based systems as the government prepares to introduce a Single Patient Record. The think tank found that NHS organisations spent an average of £1.22m each on record storage during the year. More than […] The post NHS spends £240m storing patient records as digital reforms gather pace appeared first…

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…