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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sid Bonkers" data-source="post: 268474" data-attributes="member: 19121">No idea I'm afraid, I do know that my local PCT is millions in the red and has to pay a staggering 70% yes 70% interest to the private company that built our local hospital after selling off over half the land the trust owned for developement, these figures were quoted by Panorama in a recent program on PFI's involvement in building hospitals and then renting them back to the PCT's. To give you an idea of the money made by these private firms my wife's office needed a lock fitted to comply with the data protection act and a combination lock was fitted so the office could be accessed by all the necessary staff, now I would guess these locks would cost less than £100 and say £50 to fit it, yes? So you would expect a bill to the tax payer of well under £200.00. Well the company who own our hospital charged the PCT £16000.00 to supply and fit the lock and a service contract for future maintenance, if it wasnt such a scandalous waste of public money it would be funny  :lolno:  So the NHS handing back money - I would be very surprised if that were the case, way too many snouts in the trough nowadays :evil:</blockquote>

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