All Private finance initiatives (PFI) articles – Page 17
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PFI protest strike on hold after Denham intervention
Strikers at Dudley Group of Hospitals trust voted for a 12-day stoppage after health minister John Denham said the government was 'working closely with Unison at a national level' to end the dispute. The 600 mainly ancillary workers voted last week for a sixth round of strike action against their ...
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PFI pioneer builds up backlog of 3,000 'unreported'x-rays
The country's first fully operational private finance initiative hospital has amassed a backlog of about 3,000 'unreported' x-rays since its official opening in April.
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Low-key union debate in ritual attack on PFI
The Trades Union Congress issued a ritual denunciation of the private finance initiative last week at the end of a low-key congress overshadowed by the fuel crisis.
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The long march towards a PFI
1975 A plan to build a single-site hospital is conceived. For years the plan is shelved as health chiefs' hopes are repeatedly dashed.
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Week-long strike call as Unison members escalate PFI dispute
Unison members have voted for a week-long strike in a further escalation of their dispute over a private finance initiative deal in Dudley.
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Electronic records on hold in PFI deal
A unique deal to provide a sophisticated electronic patient record system as part of a private finance initiative scheme has been put on hold, less than two years after it was signed.
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Union blasts PFI firm over shifts
The company running non- clinical services at the country's first private finance initiative hospital has been accused of scrapping 'family friendly' shift patterns and forcing 40 cleaners into taking redundancy.
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Strike looms as PFI wrangle rumbles on
The NHS Executive has warned a trust facing strike action over a private finance initiative project that renegotiating the deal would have a 'very considerable service and financial impact' across the NHS.
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PFI projects ring up £52.7m in consultant bills
The full scale of expenditure on financial advisers, lawyers and other consultants in the 18 major private finance initiative hospital schemes that have so far gone ahead has been revealed in the Commons - a cool £52.7m.
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Beds guarantee ends decades of wrangling over flagship PFI site
The long-awaited redevelopment of University College London Hospitals trust has at last been given the go ahead, following years of political wrangling and industrial action.
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PFI shake-up leads to beds 'crisis' row
Clinicians and managers are at loggerheads over an alleged bed crisis at Hereford Hospita l.
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Short Cuts: PFI project signing ensures £66m hospital for Wales
The largest private finance initiative project in Wales has been signed and sealed, Bro Morgannwg trust has announced.The trust admits that managers and developer Baglan Moor Healthcare plc 'toiled through the night' last week to ensure the £66m needed for the hospital for Neath and Port Talbot could be raised ...
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PFI hospital project 'didn't consider public finance'
The Commons public accounts committee has said it is 'not convinced' that the use of public finance was seriously considered for the flagship private finance initiative hospital project at Dartford and Gravesham trust. In a report following a critical National Audit Office investigation, the committee says this may have 'influenced ...
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PFI-deal trust 'stretched'
The chief executive of a high-profile trust has admitted that its accident and emergency department was 'stretched to the limit' over the winter.
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Mental health PFI plan agreed at last
Plans to replace 'abysmal' buildings housing mental health services in Leeds have finally got the go-ahead almost a decade after the closure of the sites was first proposed. The £47m deal is the largest ever private finance initiative for mental health services.
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Trust lifts eviction threat to nurses caught in PFI sell-off
A London trust has apologised for its 'insensitivity' in serving eviction notices on 55 student nurses.