NHS risks building'white elephants'
NHS risks building'white elephants'
- 2000
- Guardian 7 September 2000, 13(1) .
The King's Fund warns that hospitals being built under the £7bn NHS private finance initiative are unlikely to be able to meet changing health needs. This could leave the NHS with expensive buildings which become outdated within a few years, but for which it still has to pay.
PRIVATE FINANCE INITIATIVE
HOSPITALS
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE
KING'S FUND
HEALTH SECTOR
The King's Fund warns that hospitals being built under the £7bn NHS private finance initiative are unlikely to be able to meet changing health needs. This could leave the NHS with expensive buildings which become outdated within a few years, but for which it still has to pay.
PRIVATE FINANCE INITIATIVE
HOSPITALS
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE
KING'S FUND
HEALTH SECTOR