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Originally Posted by svenrico
They shouldn't have needed hindsight to realise PFI was going to be a bad deal!
The government does seem to have a habit of paying more than necessary by awarding contracts to private companies !
Dentist recently recommended deep cleaning which he could do straight away privately for £100. I opted for having it done on NHS and found I would have to wait 6 months . Since seen it costs about £65 on NHS!
Not that long ago you could go to dentist for 6 month check up and they would automatically do a scale and polish at the same time for about £15 !
You would think after everything that has gone on this last year the NHS would be safe but you can't trust what politicians say can you ?!
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PFI was a Tory idea, but they hardly used it - turned out it was Blair and Brown that took to PFI like a duck to water, made them look good but really, really bad value ( cost much more to build the infrastructure ) and saddled Education authorities and NHS with massive debt for 30 years.