9:55AM Conservative party criticises NHS building and maintenance programme

The NHS will spend 拢53bn on PFI hospitals when they are only worth 拢8bn, it has emerged.

The private firms that build and maintain the hospitals for 30 years will be paid 拢8bn in construction costs with the extra 拢45bn going on maintenance.

The figures were revealed in a response to a parliamentary question tabled by the Conservative Party. Shadow Health Secretary Andrew Lansley said the 30-year deals constrained hospitals, making them uncompetitive.

A Department of Health spokesman told the BBC, however, that comparing PFI capital construction value and full-life costs was like comparing "chalk and cheese".

There are 58 PFI hospitals already open and 30 under construction.

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