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Last Minute PCT Cuts estimated at £1,280,000,000

I now know the exact total as to what is being cut from PCTs as a result of the removal of the Purchaser Protection Adjustment. That figure is £320,229,000.
If we use an estimate of 1.5% of the clawback/topslice from PCTs and assume that PCTs spend £64bn (actually £64.309 bn). Then that figure is £960M.

This gives a total last minute cut of £1.28bn,

The problem with this approach is that it puts all sorts of problems into the system whether people are well organised and cost effective or not.

Sadly I was not called to raise this at Business Questions earlier today although I did manage to raise the issue of the Aviation White Paper which is causing blight in Sheldon.

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