title: Is multi-million pound backlog a reality?
abstract: Independent consultant to the healthcare sector Dr Melvyn Langford says a "fundamental flaw" in the way the long-established NHS "5 x 5" criticality grid used to assess the urgency of backlog maintenance has been interpreted could be giving NHS estates and facilities personnel, and in turn Trust boards, a distorted picture of the true risk being posed by the condition of key hospital buildings, plant, and equipment.
authors.affiliation: Loughborough University Centre of Risk and Hazard Management.
authors.forename: Melvyn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Langford
mesh_terms: D008284:Maintenance and Engineering, Hospital / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D013222:State Medicine; D013997:Time Factors; D006113:United Kingdom