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State-of-the-art operations unit at a West Yorkshire hospital has gone unused for 12 years due to PFI debt
A STATE-OF-THE-ART minor operations unit has been standing idle for 12 years because the NHS Trust that runs it is saddled with PFI debt, the Star can reveal.
Todmorden health centre in West Yorkshire, run by Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Trust, opened in 2008 and houses general practitioners, nurses and other staff.
It has a modern minor injuries unit, but the unit has never opened because the Trust has no money to pay for staff as it is forking out millions in Private Finance Initiative (PFI) debt.
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