The Institute for Health Services Management warned in a study that the private finance initiative’s continued failure could see capital funding in the National Health Service fall by more than one fifth by the end of the century. The study is Building Services and Servicing Buildings: The Private Finance Initiative in the NHS
More than 25 hospital schemes worth £20m each have received treasury approval and three have agreed commercial terms but none have agreed all aspects of a deal.
The British Medical Journal will warn this week that the struggle to make PFI deals affordable could force cuts to services in leading projects.
- Financial Times 22/04/97 page 14
- The Independent 22/04/97 page 1
- The Guardian 22/04/97 page 5
