Department of Health committed to reviewing PFI deals

Ben Gummer, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health, stated in Parliament on 12th October:

A considerable number of PFI contracts were poorly negotiated under the previous Labour Administration. They need to be looked at one by one, and the Department is committed to doing that again to see whether we can reduce the burden on trusts. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State will have more to say about that in the course of the transformational changes that we are helping the NHS to make.

This is clearly to be welcomed.