All Private finance initiatives (PFI) articles – Page 10
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NewsTrusts eye capital gains from surplus NHS land sales
NHS organisations plan to place surplus land equivalent to 350 Trafalgar Squares on the market for housing development in the next few years, latest figures from the Department of Health reveal.
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PFI partner investigated over strike allegations
WORKFORCE: A facilities management firm working at an NHS hospital is being investigated over allegations it brought in agency workers to cover for striking staff members.
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NewsTrusts needing bailout support almost double in 2011-12
Thirty-one trusts received bailout payments in 2011-12, information released to HSJ under the Freedom of Information Act reveals.
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NewsHealth board seeks legal advice over torchlit surgery
A health board is taking legal advice after a surgeon had to finish an operation by torchlight when maintenance workers switched off the power.
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North Bristol Trust plans private patient unit
North Bristol Trust is seeking a commercial partner to build and run a stand-alone private patient unit next to its new private finance initiative hospital.
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News£1.1bn Barts merger gets Lansley sign-off
The health secretary has approved the merger of three London hospital trusts to create an organisation with an estimated turnover of £1.1bn.
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CommentCould an NHS trust be allowed to go bankrupt?
Hospitals in the wrong place at the wrong time are in danger.
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Amber-red rating for St Helens and Knowsley FT bid
PERFORMANCE: NHS North of England’s latest provider development report rates the trust’s foundation trust bid as amber-red.
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Detailed bids submitted for Royal Liverpool PFI rebuild
COMMERCIAL: Two bidders - Carillion and Horizon - have submitted detailed proposals for the private finance initiative rebuild of Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
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Council backs loan of up to £100m for Northumbria Healthcare
FINANCE: Northumberland county council has agreed in principle to lend the foundation trust up to £100m in order to buy out its private finance initiative contracts.
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NewsNorth Cumbria takeover bidder estimated it would need £78m over two years
FINANCE: The preferred bidder to take over North Cumbria University Hospitals Trust has estimated it needs the government to pump £78m of financial support into the troubled trust over the next two years.
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NewsFT faces 'absolutely enormous' £56m loss
A foundation trust with a turnover of just over £200m a year expects to make a loss this year of more than £56m.
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PFI staff strike in Swindon
WORKFORCE: Hospital housekeeping staff employed by a private finance initiative partner have staged a series of walkouts over alleged management bullying.
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Unique hybrid finance model planned for trust's PFI
A foundation trust is in talks about combining a “bullet payment” from the Department of Health with its own surplus and charity funds to make a private finance initiative rebuild more affordable.
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NewsCouncil plans £100m loan to buy out foundation's PFI contracts
A local authority is in negotiations to lend up to £100m to a foundation trust seeking to buy out its private finance initiative contracts, HSJ has learned.
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NewsExclusive: Most troubled trust could be allowed to go bankrupt
The most financially troubled hospital trust in England could effectively be allowed go bankrupt and see its work redistributed between the independent sector and other trusts.
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LeaderGovernment won't enjoy efficiency gained from public sector borrowing
Can efficiency be achieved through increased public spending?
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CommentSally Gainsbury: PFI bailouts are a sign of things to come
Those who are worried that the current top-down reconfiguration of the NHS will be the last of its kind received some good cheer last week, when the seven lucky recipients of its £1.5bn private finance initiative bailout scheme were announced.
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NewsGovernment estimates central bail-out of seven trusts will cost £1.5bn
The government has estimated that bailing out hospital trusts with large PFI repayments could cost £1.5bn.
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NewsLIFT companies seek NHS Property Services links
Companies set up under a public-private partnership scheme are positioning themselves to become key partners to NHS Property Services, the firm formed to manage health service assets.