{"id":35422,"date":"2025-11-26T18:06:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T18:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=35422"},"modified":"2025-11-26T18:06:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T18:06:08","slug":"shortfall-in-return-on-investment-in-health-nhs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=35422","title":{"rendered":"Shortfall in return on investment in health | NHS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Lord Hutton writes of the NHS health centres that have been built thanks to private finance (Letters, 23 November). In Didcot we\u2019ve been waiting more than 10 years for the Great Western Park health centre. The return on investment required by the developer is greater than the NHS will reimburse. The local integrated care board fears that at that cost they\u2019ll not get a GP practice to take on the health centre.<br \/><strong>Cllr Sarah James<\/strong><br \/><em>Vale of White Horse district council<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><span data-dcr-style=\"bullet\"\/> Congratulations on the print-edition headline \u201cLights, Canberra, no action\u201d, about England\u2019s beaten cricketers not playing in the Australian capital (24 November). It reminded me of my all-time favourite in the Guardian when Zaheer Abbas began the county cricket season in 1981 by scoring 1,000 runs in one month: \u201cHappy days Zaheer again\u201d. Genius.<br \/><strong>Mark Garrod<\/strong><br \/><em>Potters Bar, Hertfordshire<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><span data-dcr-style=\"bullet\"\/> Ed Miliband seems proud that the UK produces \u201cjust 1% of emissions\u201d (Opinion, 23 November). Why? The UK\u2019s population is 0.85%, ie less than 1% of the world\u2019s population, so in the UK we are emitting more than the global average per person.<br \/><strong>Ulla Wiberg<\/strong><br \/><em>York <\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><span data-dcr-style=\"bullet\"\/> Oh dear, Quick Crossword setter (18 November). \u201cFormer soldiers\u201d? Answer: \u201cEx-servicemen\u201d. \u201cRetired professor\u2019s title\u201d? Answer: \u201cEmeritus\u201d. There are also female ex-soldiers and ex-professors!<br \/><strong>Carol Taylor<\/strong><br \/><em>Darley Dale, Derbyshire<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><em><span data-dcr-style=\"bullet\"\/> <\/em>As a riff on dancing at home to de-stress (The one change that worked, 24 November), air guitar works a treat, too. I recommend the Ramones.<br \/><strong>Norman Miller<\/strong><br \/><em>Brighton<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong><em><span data-dcr-style=\"bullet\"\/> Have an opinion on anything you\u2019ve read in the Guardian today? Please <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>email<\/em><\/strong><strong><em> us your letter and it will be considered for publication in our <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>letters<\/em><\/strong><strong><em> section.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lord Hutton writes of the NHS health centres that have been built thanks to private finance (Letters, 23 November). In Didcot we\u2019ve been waiting more than 10 years for the Great Western Park health centre. The return on investment required by the developer is greater than the NHS will reimburse. 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