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Vera Baird
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how he will compensate the central NHS funding pool for the loss of the value of assets sold for their own use by foundation hospitals.[108430]
Mr. Hutton
The establishment of National Health Service foundation trusts will not reduce the amount of capital available for developing NHS services for NHS patients, so no compensation will be necessary.