So could Kings Mill become the first PFI hospital to go the way of Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Cambridgeshire, and be privately run for the NHS?

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Monitor's main concerns in September 2012 were that the trust was struggling to meet Private Finance Initiative (PFI) repayments for King's Mill Hospital and that the hospital was being underused.

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In September, NHS regulator Monitor raised concerns the trust was struggling to meet its PFI (Private Finance Initiative) repayments for King's Mill Hospital.

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