tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629666268463690318.post2660223096186589133..comments2023-10-31T16:31:51.895+00:00Comments on NeueArbeit Macht Frei: Tory NHS Reform: British Leyland, meet your next patient...Roger Thornhillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03591327286533118901noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629666268463690318.post-67637031950358928012007-06-20T18:28:00.000+01:002007-06-20T18:28:00.000+01:00Phil A, you are a star, thanks for finding that.Phil A, you are a star, thanks for finding that.Roger Thornhillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01153744692290896812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629666268463690318.post-75991316641302548662007-06-20T18:19:00.000+01:002007-06-20T18:19:00.000+01:00'They' can’t afford to close Hospitals built, or r...'They' <A HREF="http://www.reform.co.uk/website/pressroom/articles.aspx?o=468" REL="nofollow">can’t afford</A> to close Hospitals built, or rebuilt, under Private Finance Initiatives (PFI). <BR/><BR/>Although many are are so expensive to run they are more-or-less permanently in the red they <I>can’t</I> be closed, as the debts would <I>still</I> have to be paid, even if they were - and a hospital that is closed that you still have to pay for is even less use than these ones are open.<BR/><BR/>The debts would have to be paid even if the NHS were abolished. <BR/><BR/>Two PFI hospitals, Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust, and Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich in SE London, are technically bankrupt, with no prospect of repaying it! <BR/><BR/>They can’t be closed, so cuts are more likely at Queen Mary’s, Sidcup, also in debt but not sinking.CFD Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14176957304124700156noreply@blogger.com