Taxpayers face multi-million-pound bill as Scottish hospital PFI contract expires

The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (RIE) was built under a PFI contract agreed by the UK Government in the 1990s (Image: NQ)

TAXPAYERS will be left with a bill running into the tens of millions of pounds when a PFI (private finance initiative) contract behind a major Scottish hospital expires next year.

The BBC reported that although the final total is unknown, the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (RIE) requires more than £100 million in upgrades to bring it up to standard.