Lansley slams PFI 'lunacy'

2006-10-27T00:00:00+01:00

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Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley has described hospital private finance initiatives as 'complete lunacy' after government responses to his parliamentary questions showed that the NHS will pay private sector contractors £53bn for hospitals worth only £8bn. Mr Lansley is calling for a 'fundamental review' of how the NHS accesses capital for future investment.

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Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley has described hospital private finance initiatives as 'complete lunacy' after government responses to his parliamentary questions showed that the NHS will pay private sector contractors£53bn for hospitals worth only£8bn. Mr Lansley is calling for a 'fundamental review' of how the NHS accesses capital for future investment.

Read the press release here

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