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NHS Deficits

While my hon. Friend is discussing independent treatment centres, did he see the written answer that the Minister—in his place there on the Treasury Bench—gave me on Tuesday 6 March? It said:"““Independent sector treatment centres (ISTCs) are paid contract prices, which reflect the outcome of a competitive tendering exercise conducted at national level. NHS trusts and foundation trusts continue to be paid for activity at the national tariff, which is based on national average costs reported by NHS organisations.””—[Official Report, 6 March 2007; Vol. 457, c. 1964W.]" Does my hon. Friend agree that the ISTCs will get the less costly more straightforward cases to deal with—and deal with them very well, I am sure—leaving the NHS trusts with the more complex, more costly cases, yet without unit price increases to reflect that change? Is it not another disaster in the making for NHS funding?