Original sentence: Capital projects such as new hospitals have been privatised through the Private Finance Initiative, enabling the public sector borrowing requirement to be reduced.For example, a study by a consultancy company that works for the Department of Health shows that every £200 million spent on privately financed hospitals will result in the loss of 1000 doctors and nurses.. The first PFI hospitals contain some 28 per cent fewer beds than the ones they replaced.Governments since 1997 have pumped billions of new money into the NHS to bring UK spending on health closer to the European average.Hospitals may have both medical services (such as "surgicentres"), and non-medical services (such as catering) provided under long-term contracts by the private sector.It is claimed that PFI schemes are more expensive in the longer term than if the new build was simply funded from the public purse.The outsourcing of medical services and support to the private sector is a recent innovation.These changes have not happened without controversy
Edited sentence: A study by a consultancy company which works for the Department of Health shows that every £200 million spent on privately financed hospitals will result in the loss of 1000 doctors and nurses.Even so there is for the first time complete political consensus on the importance of free public health care.However, Tony Blair's policy, whilst leaving services free at point of use, was to encourage outsourcing of medical services and support to the private sector.The current Labour government has pumped billions of new money into the NHS.The first PFI hospitals contain some 28 per cent fewer beds than the ones they replaced.These are more expensive than if the new build was simply funded from the public purse.Under the Private Finance Initiative, an increasing number of hospitals have been built (or rebuilt) by private sector consortia; hospitals may have both medical services (such as "surgicentres"), and non-medical services (such as catering) provided under long-term contracts by the private sector