A majority of NHS hospitals have not planned or budgeted for a move to a seven-day health service, according to new figures.

Four out of five NHS trusts have not calculated staffing levels or costs associated with weekend working, according to Freedom of Information requests obtained by Sky News.

Those which had made plans warned millions in extra funding would be needed, along with more staff, to make the necessary changes.

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Matthew Burgess
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I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.