'The £13bn of investment that PFI brought into hospitals will end up costing the NHS in England a staggering £80bn by the time all contracts come to an end'https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/12/nhs-hospital-trusts-to-pay-out-further-55bn-under-pfi-scheme?utm_term=RWRpdG9yaWFsX01vcm5pbmdCcmllZmluZ1VLLTE5MDkxMg%3D%3D&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=MorningBriefingUK&CMP=morningbriefinguk_email …
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This must surely be because it involves running costs too? If a hospital costs £13m to build and £3m per year to run, that about £80m over 20 year contract. Doesn't tell us whether either the £13 or £3 is too much. It may well be, but this isn't how you tell.
Indeed @jappleby123 says on average, 40 per cent of PFI charges relate to the cost of services.https://www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/resource/making-sense-of-pfi#does-borrowing-the-money-to-pay-for-capital-works-cost-the-nhs-a-lot-in-repayments …