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We have identified a forward programme under the natural care strategy that will reach the predetermined target of about £7.5 million from the SNH budget by about 2008-09.
Although the entire programme will be completed by March 2006, local authorities will complete their part of the programme by April 2004, which is two years earlier than planned.
There is a myth that the new deal is a very rigid programme. It is not; it is a very flexible programme, and it is becoming more flexible as it develops.
We are working on that already and there are a number of programmes that we can implement by our own hand, but we want the necessary flexibility—and, whenever possible, the resources—with regard to any additional EU support programmes.
Yes, we need new, modern hospitals for the 21st century, but surely there is a better way of financing the building programme in the interests of patients, NHS employees and taxpayers.