NHS Hospitals Crippled by PFI Scheme [Labour government funded their public sector projects]

Telegraph.co.uk ^ | 9:34PM BST 21 Sep 2011 | Robert Winnett, Deputy Political Editor

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Patient care is under threat at more than 60 NHS hospitals which are “on the brink of financial collapse” because of costly private finance initiative schemes, the Health Secretary will warn.

Andrew Lansley says he has been contacted by 22 health service trusts which claim their “clinical and financial stability” is being undermined by the costs of the contracts, which the Labour government used extensively to fund public sector projects.

The Daily Telegraph can disclose that the trusts in jeopardy include Barts and the London, Oxford Radcliffe, North Bristol, St Helens and Knowsley, and Portsmouth.

Between them the trusts run more than 60 hospitals which care for 12 million patients.

There is already evidence that waiting lists for non-urgent operations have begun to rise as hospitals delay treatment to save money. Adding to this are growing fears over the impact of the financial crisis on care this winter.

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Taxpayers are having to pay more than £200  billion for schools, hospitals and other projects whose capital value is little more than £50 billion."..." A temporary NHS chief executive was paid £387,000 for 141 days in the job at a hospital trust which had a deficit of millions of pounds."..."Labour ministers had failed when negotiating the multi-million pound schemes for hospitals"

When will the voters learn in the US, the UK..while Obama, who you may notice seldom mentions the word Healthcare .. goes before the UN, the WORLD and talks about really important stuff like gay rights... while wars rage on, the economy continues to collapse, a new record number of poor in America while their caring politicians enjoy $16.00 muffins and $8.00 cups of coffee. ..and what is even scarier Michael Moore not happy with Obama's job performance, says voters like him will still not vote Republican; but continue to support Obama 2012, just they will not be taking 10 people to the polls with them this time. You mean no more smokes/cannabis and a medicinal pint for those homeless guys who have supported the Left for so long??

Forrest Gump: Stupid is as stupid does.