NHS funds could fix roads

A working group set up by Transport Scotland has been asked to consider whether health funding could be used to improve the condition of roads in order to achieve an “overall saving” to the NHS by cutting the expense of treating accident victims. As part of its evidence gathering, the Government agency is understood to have commissioned a report by transport consultancy TRL which will explore what savings could be achieved by reducing the number of A&E admissions caused by trips on defective pavements and traffic accidents in which poor road condition is a factor.