Unfortunately, as long as the IPT keeps capitulating when industry complains about costs we will see a gradual and irrecoverable erosion of the principles set out at the beginning of the process which were supposed to ensure the quality of the service provided post 2012.
This shifting of the goalposts is symptomatic of weak leadership and a desire to keep the process going to the bitter end, no matter what.
Since 2/3 of the funding for SARH is coming from the defence budget, how can this possibly make economic sense when swaging cuts are being proposed on other big projects?