Explained: how PFI left NHS trusts at risk The total value of the NHS buildings built by Labour under the scheme is £11.4bn. But the bill, which will also include fees for maintenance, cleaning and portering, will come to more than £70bn on current projections and will not be paid off until 2049. The NHS was too optimistic, analysists say, about the future state of the national finances when the deals were arranged. Money may have to come from elsewhere in the health budget to prop up the repayments, and there are calls for the most outlanding deals to be renegotiated. Labour insists the deals were necessary to replace neglected hospital buildings. Across the public sector, taxpayers are committed to paying £229bn for hospitals, schools, roads and other projects with a capital value of £56bn. In some cases uncovered by the Daily Telegraph, hospitals were billed by contractors £15,000 to have a door hung, £466 to change a light fitting and £75 for an air freshener. The NHS trusts the government believes are at risk due to PFI are: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare Trust Ealing Hospitals Trust St Helens and Knowsley South London Healthcare University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire Wye Valley Barking, Havering and Redbridge Worcester; Oxford Radcliffe/Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre Barts and the London University Hospitals of North Staffordshire Dartford and Gravesham North Cumbria Portsmouth Buckinghamshire West Middlesex Mid Yorkshire Walsall North Middlesex North Bristol Mid Essex Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Sandwell and West Birmingham Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital.