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By ROISIN GADELRAB
 
Flagship PFI hospital slips further into the red

UNIVERSITY College London Hospital’s deficit has almost doubled – to nearly £30 million – and it hasn’t been open a year yet.
Since the New Journal revealed the hospital’s £17-million deficit in December costs have continued to rocket, UCLH finance chief Mike Foster announced yesterday.
Announcing figures for January at a board of directors meeting yesterday, Mr Foster said the hospital was managing its creditors “particularly carefully”.
He said: “January’s position is not as encouraging as we had hoped but we note from early activity in February the position appears to be more encouraging.”
The hospital’s financial status could be worsened when NHS tariffs – the amount hospitals are paid for per average procedure – are announced later this month.
Original tariff guidelines were withdrawn on February 26 leaving hospitals all over the country unable to make final budget predictions.
Chairman Peter Dixon told yesterday’s (Wednesday’s) meeting: “This is proving immensely complicated. We’re in a world that people don’t fully understand”.
The latest figures come one month after UCLH chief executive Robert Naylor told the New Journal he was “not unduly worried” about the rising figures and expected the situation to plateau by April.
With several offers of over £100m for the old Middlesex Hospital site, Mr Naylor says the foundation hospital will recoup its losses and make a “huge profit” from the sale of its assets.
The £422-million PFI hospital, which was officially opened by the Queen in October, first began treating patients in June 2005.
 
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