Health Service Journal
Private finance initiatives (PFI)
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EXCLUSIVE: Aviva in talks with DH over LIFT fears
11-Jan-2013
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Too big to fail: why PFI will get a helping hand in an emergency
13-Dec-2012
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Bennett moots PFI buyout for Peterborough
11-Dec-2012
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North Staffordshire facing shock £23m deficit
7-Dec-2012
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Next generation of PFI announced by Osborne
5-Dec-2012
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West Midlands trust set to benefit from new-style PFI
4-Dec-2012
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‘Urgent action’ needed in Peterborough, says NAO
29-Nov-2012
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Analysed: The London FT pipeline and its hotspots
20-Nov-2012
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ACAS bought in to Carillion dispute
29-Oct-2012
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Monitor has 'concerns' over pension plan
24-Oct-2012
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Borrowing limit challenge for Worcestershire acute trust
9-Oct-2012
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Exclusive: South London Healthcare Trust's suitors revealed
1-Oct-2012
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Analysed: the future of South London Healthcare Trust
1-Oct-2012
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Trust applies for £21m government loan
28-Sep-2012
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There is too much hot air on climate change
27 September 2012
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Go-ahead imminent for £425m PFI rebuild
26-Sep-2012
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Regulator steps in at Sherwood Forest Hospitals
24-Sep-2012
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Regulator grants conditional approval for ground-breaking PFI buyout
14-Aug-2012
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How to make it to merger
9 August 2012
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Pension funds to bankroll £298m hospital in finance first
8-Aug-2012
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Analysed: Financial crisis at Peterborough and Stamford
7-Aug-2012
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Treasury scrutinises Northumbria PFI buyout plan
6-Aug-2012
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Mark Britnell: in defence of our imperfect PFI
12-Jul-2012
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Media Watch: Lansley's failure regime process
5 July 2012
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Michael White: learn from past errors with PFI
5-Jul-2012
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Peterborough and Stamford plans for a £54m deficit
29-Jun-2012
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Monitor 'could not have prevented' oversized PFI
28-Jun-2012
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PFI does not explain variations in financial performance, research finds
26-Jun-2012
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Decision due on Leicester maternity plans
15-Jun-2012
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UCLH joint venture aims to reduce PFI costs
7-Jun-2012
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Trusts eye capital gains from surplus NHS land sales
17-May-2012
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PFI partner investigated over strike allegations
17-May-2012
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Trusts needing bailout support almost double in 2011-12
17 May 2012
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Health board seeks legal advice over torchlit surgery
23-Apr-2012
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North Bristol Trust plans private patient unit
26-Mar-2012
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£1.1bn Barts merger gets Lansley sign-off
16-Mar-2012
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Could an NHS trust be allowed to go bankrupt?
15-Mar-2012
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Amber-red rating for St Helens and Knowsley FT bid
12-Mar-2012
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Detailed bids submitted for Royal Liverpool PFI rebuild
9-Mar-2012
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Council backs loan of up to £100m for Northumbria Healthcare
9-Mar-2012
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North Cumbria takeover bidder estimated it would need £78m over two years
9-Mar-2012
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FT faces 'absolutely enormous' £56m loss
1-Mar-2012
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PFI staff strike in Swindon
29-Feb-2012
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Unique hybrid finance model planned for trust's PFI
29-Feb-2012
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Council plans £100m loan to buy out foundation's PFI contracts
22-Feb-2012
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Exclusive: Most troubled trust could be allowed to go bankrupt
21-Feb-2012
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Government won't enjoy efficiency gained from public sector borrowing
9-Feb-2012
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Sally Gainsbury: PFI bailouts are a sign of things to come
9-Feb-2012
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Government estimates central bail-out of seven trusts will cost £1.5bn
3-Feb-2012
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LIFT companies seek NHS Property Services links
1-Feb-2012
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Interest in North Bristol tender "encouraging"
11-Jan-2012
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Exclusive: trusts given days to apply for £300m capital fund
6-Jan-2012
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All eyes on London's billion-pound merger after SHA sign off
15 December 2011
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Revealed: the six trusts that need DH support with their PFI
18-Nov-2011
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National quality director takes job as acute chief exec
17-Nov-2011
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Coventry and Warwickshire deficit hits £8.5m
16-Nov-2011
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Sherwood Forest slips on capital spend
15-Nov-2011
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Osborne outlines PFI reassessment plans
15-Nov-2011
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Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells confident of breakeven
14-Nov-2011
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Sherwood Forest considers removing PFI asset
10-Nov-2011
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Review of London trusts reveals fears for safety
10 November 2011
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McKinsey finds Sherwood Forest's PFI is 'sustainable'
9-Nov-2011
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West Middlesex paying £4.2m a year in interest
8-Nov-2011
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Peterborough and Stamford needed 'advance payments' for cash position
8-Nov-2011
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Bristol acute tenders for provision of nursing care
4-Nov-2011
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North Bristol 'puzzled' to be on Lansley's PFI list
3-Nov-2011
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PFI spy: how to make the most of private finance initiatives
31-Oct-2011
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Lansley sets out 'four tests' for hospital bailout and threatens to sack boards
27-Oct-2011
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NHS Herefordshire helps out new ICO
26-Oct-2011
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Bristol trusts discuss £1bn merger
17-Oct-2011
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Lansley identifies 20 'unsustainable' trusts
11-Oct-2011
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Contract to wire North Bristol Trust new PFI hospital awarded
10-Oct-2011
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The system needs fixing if we're to find the financiers
6-Oct-2011
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CCP puts patient benefit over patient choice in acute merger
30-Sep-2011
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Media Watch: Labour's legacy looms large during conference season
29 September 2011
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Nicholson says only 'small number' of PFI hospitals need extra funds
28-Sep-2011
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St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals cash plan anticipates 'PFI support'
27-Sep-2011
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NHS Bolton asked to call halt to planned development of six health centres
26-Sep-2011
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Sixty hospitals face 'collapse' over PFI deals, admits Lansley
22-Sep-2011
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Super merger plans let down by £116m PFI shortfall
22-Sep-2011
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Go reconfigure?
13-Sep-2011
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NW to consider rules on 'financial impact' of reconfigurations involving PFI
12-Sep-2011
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Hospital PFI deals attacked after car park charges increase
9-Sep-2011
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Commercial-only finance plans for FTs scaled back
7-Sep-2011
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MPs call for PFI deals to be subject to FOI requests
2-Sep-2011
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Trust access to PFI funding could be constrained by Treasury rule change
25 August 2011
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PFI deals should be used 'sparingly', Treasury warns
24-Aug-2011
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PFI needs 'substantial' reform, warn MPs
19-Aug-2011
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NHS trusts to take over community service assets
5-Aug-2011
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Government will act as guarantor on PFI
28-Jul-2011
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Talks commence on Sandwell and West Birmingham's new hospital
22-Jul-2011
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Funding crisis: Greek ruin could come to the NHS
14 July 2011
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DH to review FT application process to avoid 'embarrassment'
7 July 2011
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Foundation trusts borrowing over £1bn from DH
6-Jul-2011
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London consortium writes to CCP over 'monopoly' merger
23 June 2011
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DH redrawing failure regime to avoid up-front political battles
20-Jun-2011
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PFI rethink stalls hospital building plans
16-Jun-2011
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PFI 'barriers' to FT status affecting fewer than 10 trusts
9-Jun-2011
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Foundation blames contractor for power cut which cancelled 150 operations
9 June 2011
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Sally Gainsbury: wistful thinking on PFI
9 June 2011
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RNOH presses ahead with PFI project
12-May-2011
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Portsmouth Hospitals 'disappointed' in PFI partner
11-May-2011
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Manchester mental health trust plans to escape PFI premises
9-May-2011
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Minister announces merger option for non-FT acute
6-May-2011
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Smaller trusts forced to rethink FT plans
5-May-2011
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Acute trusts' FT plans slip back a year
4-May-2011
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Increase PFI plan values, managers told
3-May-2011
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Leading MPs fail to find anything positive in NHS reforms
27-Apr-2011
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Exclusive: hospital trust considers private franchise
21-Apr-2011
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Noel Plumridge: PFI pipe dream turns sour
20-Apr-2011
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Exclusive: government admits PFI deals mean 22 trusts will struggle to meet foundation status target
15-Apr-2011
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Reconfiguration threatening to derail London service level agreements
14 April 2011
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Commisioners agree to pick up the bill for Portsmouth's PFI
7-Apr-2011
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PFI hospitals 'asset stripping', claims campaign group
4-Apr-2011
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St Helens and Knowsley has £4.2m hole in savings plan despite calling in PwC
31-Mar-2011
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South Tees Hospitals FT reviews car parking charges
30-Mar-2011
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Hertfordshire PCT's £27m LIFT plan laid before SHA board
30-Mar-2011
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Portsmouth feeling heat over lack of FT application
29-Mar-2011
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Tariff weighting could 'reduce' trust mergers - King's Fund
3 March 2011
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Future of West Middlesex University Hospital to be discussed in coming weeks
2-Mar-2011
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PFI accounting change threatens Hinchingbrooke finances
28-Feb-2011
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Compensation danger over LIFT contract transfers
24 February 2011
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Noel Plumridge: trapped in PFI purgatory
24 February 2011
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Barts double merger moves a step closer
23-Feb-2011
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PFI contracts to be squeezed by Treasury
17-Feb-2011
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Council planning change could slash hospital site value
10 February 2011
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DH: 20 trusts' futures in doubt
8-Feb-2011
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Tees, Esk and Wear buys back PFI debt
4-Feb-2011
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Trust counts £8m cost of objections to PFI scheme
3 February 2011
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NHS trust buys back its PFI debt
1-Feb-2011
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North Tees agrees PFI hospital business plan
31-Jan-2011
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Three bidders left for Papworth Hospital PFI
25-Jan-2011
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Trusts battle for right to absorb smaller non-FTs
21-Jan-2011
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Community foundation trusts may buy premises with Treasury cash
12-Jan-2011
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First single room-only hospital opens
10-Dec-2010
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Public-private partnerships market growing to £1.8 trillion
9 December 2010
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New Birmingham hospital clears further hurdle and gains name
5-Nov-2010
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'Health outcome bond' pilot to attempt hospital admissions cut
28 October 2010
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NHS estate and hotel services heavily outsourced
28 October 2010
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NHS capital spending to fall by 17 per cent
20-Oct-2010
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LIFT planners try to beat project clampdown date
16 September 2010
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DH denied access to £1.5bn unspent cash
9 September 2010
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Primary finance body divides into three arms
9 September 2010
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Mixed sex wards and ennui
19 August 2010
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NHS facing £65bn PFI bill
13-Aug-2010
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Cost of axing hospital redesigns must be counted
8 July 2010
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Trust may take PFI option for 'axed' hospital
1-Jul-2010
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PFI hospitals 'may have to cut services'
16-Jun-2010
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Scottish NHS 'to pay £6.7bn in PFI fees'
7-Jun-2010
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Will NHS building plans stay on the drawing board?
27 May 2010
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UCLH plan to rescue Barts from PFI crisis
20 May 2010
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PFI revelation fails to tip balance to Lib Dems in North East battleground seat
7-May-2010
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NHS trust pioneers land purchase
29 April 2010
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Bart's finance director resigns
22 April 2010
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Mark Britnell on keeping the wolf from the NHS door
22 April 2010
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Andy McKeon: why money could not unravel the NHS red tape
25 March 2010
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Michael White: NHS policy pronouncements
18 March 2010
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Pre-Budget report removes £500m in health capital spending
9-Dec-2009
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DH sued over scrapped £921m PFI project
4-Nov-2009
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Public-private partnerships: getting NHS finance that adds up
23-Oct-2009
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Michael White on public vs private
22 October 2009
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Trust faces bad practice allegations
9-Sep-2009
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DH makes PFI debt pledge
3 September 2009
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Banks 'using PFIs to boost profits'
20-Aug-2009
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PFI hospital 'ahead of schedule'
14-Aug-2009
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Is PFI funding built to last?
4-Aug-2009
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Monitor insists new rule has not ‘cancelled’ PFI
2 July 2009
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Monitor hits back at PFI 'cancellation' claim
29-Jun-2009
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Monitor has ‘effectively cancelled’ PFI contracts
24-Jun-2009
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Treasury U-turn on PFI takes pressure off DH capital budget
4 June 2009
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Health loses out under Treasury PFI package
12-Mar-2009
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Treasury PFI scheme could be funded by NHS underspends
4-Mar-2009
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Charities and the NHS private finance conundrum
17-Oct-2008
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NHS estate funding options
27-Jun-2008
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Foundation says it will use surplus to loosen PFI ties
19-Jun-2008
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NHS estate - choices and challenges
18-Apr-2008
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Designing healthcare buildings: the legal framework
28-Mar-2008
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Treasury puts off plan to move PFI schemes on balance sheet
13-Mar-2008
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PFI debt fears as district general hospitals feel the squeeze
15-Nov-2007
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Leicester chief resigns after failed PFI project
27-Sep-2007
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Legal briefing: foundations' investment and borrowing
29-Jan-2007
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Denham rules out re-tendering Dudley PFI project
16-Nov-2000
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Capital reminder of PFI perils
9-Nov-2000
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Publicly funded schemes losing more acute beds than PFI deals
9-Nov-2000
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Idea to link PFI with outcomes 'is dangerous'
19-Oct-2000
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PFI protest strike on hold after Denham intervention
19-Oct-2000
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PFI pioneer builds up backlog of 3,000 'unreported'x-rays
28-Sep-2000
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Low-key union debate in ritual attack on PFI
21-Sep-2000
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The long march towards a PFI
7-Sep-2000
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Week-long strike call as Unison members escalate PFI dispute
24-Aug-2000
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Electronic records on hold in PFI deal
17-Aug-2000
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Union blasts PFI firm over shifts
10-Aug-2000
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Above-average profits for investors are common but rarely acknowledged fact of PFI developments
3-Aug-2000
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Strike looms as PFI wrangle rumbles on
3-Aug-2000
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PFI projects ring up £52.7m in consultant bills
27-Jul-2000
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Beds guarantee ends decades of wrangling over flagship PFI site
20-Jul-2000
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When it comes to defending PFI, the facts speak for themselves
15-Jun-2000
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PFI shake-up leads to beds 'crisis' row
8-Jun-2000
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Short Cuts: PFI project signing ensures £66m hospital for Wales
18-May-2000
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PFI hospital project 'didn't consider public finance'
20-Apr-2000
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Carlisle's problems are not unique to PFI
13-Apr-2000
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PFI-deal trust 'stretched'
13-Apr-2000
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Mental health PFI plan agreed at last
9-Mar-2000
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Why no word on PFI, nursing homes - or costs?
24-Feb-2000
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Trust lifts eviction threat to nurses caught in PFI sell-off
10-Feb-2000
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PFI shrinking HS capacity, MPs are told
20-Jan-2000
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New approach to PFI
16-Dec-1999
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PFI guidance holdup 'over by Christmas'
16-Dec-1999
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Union PFI report sparks trust ire
16-Dec-1999
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Desperate scramble for cash at firstwave PFI hospital
11-Nov-1999
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Dobson says PFI sign-offs prove Labour is delivering
14-Oct-1999
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Cracking the PFI code
30-Sep-1999
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Consultants hit out at threat of PFI bed loss
2-Sep-1999
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NAO has missed PFI flaws, critics claim
19-Aug-1999
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Dobson praises PFI for early hand-overs
29-Jul-1999
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In Brief: Pfizer will not sue
29-Jul-1999
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Dobson turns his wrath on PFI critics
22-Jul-1999
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'People power' halts PFI projects
15-Jul-1999
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Angry BMA votes to increase its opposition to PFI
8-Jul-1999
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Scots select PFI as top subject of debate
8-Jul-1999
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PFI staff allowed to stay in public sector
1-Jul-1999
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Audit report on flagship PFI hospital scheme was less than scathing
10-Jun-1999
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Short cuts PFI deal for ear, nose and throat unit gets go-ahead
10-Jun-1999
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Government under pressure to publish delayed PFI review
27-May-1999
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Lack of detail on PFI angers MPs
27-May-1999
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Dead and buried: Milburn's PFI review
20-May-1999
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PFI to expand in primary care
20-May-1999
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Raising the curtain on the only show in town What future do ministers envisage for PFI in the NHS?
20-May-1999
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Minister forced into pensions statement by PFI row
6-May-1999
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Unions attack Labour on PFI
22-Apr-1999
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Treasury accused of stalling PFI
15-Apr-1999
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PFI is handy smokescreen for opposing change
25-Mar-1999
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Staff strike as PFI row rumbles on
18-Mar-1999
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MPs call to limit PFI to pilot projects amid staff and patient care worries
4-Mar-1999
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Not so private: views on PFI
4-Mar-1999
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CHC wins access to PFI scheme in 'groundbreaking' deal on rights
25-Feb-1999
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Damning Unison analysis of PFI hospital is 'wrong', claims trust
11-Feb-1999
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The way forward: proposed 'improvements' to PFI procurement
28-Jan-1999
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Tough targets to take PFI drive forward
28-Jan-1999
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Short cuts: PFI-funded hospital to go ahead on greenfield site
14-Jan-1999
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Select committee to probe consequences of PFI
7-Jan-1999
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Angry Milburn defends PFI from claims that it is causing bed cuts
17-Dec-1998
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where are they now? No 92 PFI guidance Pocket profile:
12-Dec-1998
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PFI mortgages the future of the NHS, and professionalism is at risk when profit drives the system
19-Nov-1998
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The human cost of PFI
12-Nov-1998
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Feeling nervous as trusts fall for a quick fix of PFI
5-Nov-1998
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Unions will scrutinise PFI firms' track record
29-Oct-1998
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Widdecombe considers widening PFI to NHS clinical services
22-Oct-1998
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HA 'underestimates' PFI plan costs
15-Oct-1998
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Annual 'waves' of 'five or six' PFI projects set to get go-ahead
24-Sep-1998
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Change in account rules could spell the end for PFI
17-Sep-1998
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Unison prepares to strike in PFI battle despite High Court threat
10-Sep-1998
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PFI 'milestone' for Edinburgh
27-Aug-1998
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Unison strike threat hits PFI project
20-Aug-1998
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New lease of life for PFI
30-Jul-1998
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Spending review bonanza set to 'transform' scope of PFI projects
23-Jul-1998
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BMA drops PCG ballot threat but demands stop to PFI
9-Jul-1998
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Firm pulls out of PFI scheme
11-Jun-1998
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Calls for halt to £200m PFI development
21-May-1998
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Scots trusts told to open PFI plans to public scrutiny
14-May-1998
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Union ballots on action to resist PFI
30-Apr-1998
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10 projects worth £900m given the green light in second wave of PFI
9-Apr-1998
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Economics guru urges Labour to scrap PFI
26-Mar-1998
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Models may standardise PFI bidding
12-Feb-1998
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Work set to begin on biggest PFI hospital
15-Jan-1998
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YES, VAT IS A PROBLEM FOR PFI SCHEMES, BUT IS THERE A RISK OF THE TAIL WAGGING THE DOG?
15-Jan-1998
