Private Finance Initiative Costs

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Health – in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 21 October 2014.

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Photo of Daniel Poulter Daniel Poulter The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health 11:30, 21 October 2014

During this Parliament we are set to improve efficiency in the NHS and make £20 billion-worth of efficiency savings. There is much more that we can continue to do on improving hospital procurement practices, sharing business services across the NHS, and freeing up surplus land—which, as my hon. Friend Nick de Bois outlined, is happening at his hospital. That is what we need to focus on in freeing up money for the front line.