ANOTHER PFl-funded hospital is reported to be in trouble, with the cost ballooning hefty £103m today.
Although some of the changes flow from the need to upgrade and expand on the original plan, the project has plunged Calderstone and Huddersfield Trust £4.28m into the red -debt of £10m was written off by regonal health chiefs.
Another factor driving up the cost has been "interest mark-up and financial adoto the Health Service So much for PFi giving Trusts a clear, fixed price. and ensoing them to trans fer risk to the private sector.
The promised efficiency Infirmary. savings® from moving all acute services onto one new materialise, while reduced numbers of beds in the new Trust to spend more on other services. Kidderminster, one of the areas hardest hit by PFI calls for an extra 20 beds. and wil increase spending on the Kidderminster Hospital site. The case for retaining serB6E HIV