PFI hospital savings elusive
2 April 2012
The first major hospital developed under the private finance initiative (PFI) has probably worked out to be more expensive than if public money had been used, the National Audit Office (NAO) has reported. The NAO said that the Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust overestimated savings from the £177 million PFI contract to the tune of £12 million. The trust estimated...