The Department of Health now plans to sell 1,300 hectares of NHS land, double the amount previously mooted, according to analysis by the House of Commons for the Labour party.
Of the 543 plots deemed surplus by NHS organisations, 117 are being used for clinical or medical purpose, according to Labour. Data on some of the land has been withheld because of issues of sensitivity.
The DoH said there would be no fire sale of assets, but that it was continuing to help hospitals dispose of surplus land.
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