3: Alan Milburn: Can the NHS be saved?
The Rest Is Politics: Leading
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Pfi
PFI was an idea that the government could find a way of borrowing money and putting it off the balance sheet by getting a private provider to contract to provide services. The advantage was, in theory, that you could set much clearer contracts and objectives. But critics said these contracts were often very rigid and difficult to change. So how do you see PFO now? We'll stick on health for now, but possibly across government more generally, with our procurement systems.
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