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HEALTH Secretary Andrew Lansley insisted the use of private cash to build the new pounds 451m Royal Liverpool Hospital posed no risk - despite claiming it was pushing 60 other hospitals to the brink of financial collapse.
Interviewed by the Daily Post, Mr Lansley sought to calm fears that the controversial Private Finance Initiative (PFI) would impose huge repayments for decades to come - threatening patient care. Speaking at the Manchester conference, the Health Secretary said he was confident that health chiefs at the Royal had learned the lessons from Labour"s failures on PFI.See the full content of this document
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Health Secretary Gives Green Light to New Royal
In particular, the proposal - to replace the current, ageing 1970s-built hospital once described as like a little bit of Easter...
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