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PFI on trial – a juryman’s view
The fate of PFI hangs in the balance with a Treasury announcement expected next month. Having heard all the evidence presented, it is not clear to me that either the prosecution or defence has made out a sufficiently compelling case. Independent enquiry suggests that either side could have weighed in evidence the fact that PFI, just like any other business, has been affected by market forces which have shaped its evolution. Early-wave pre-standardisation ...
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NHS facing £65bn PFI bill – our response
Response by AF Consulting (PFI Support) to the report by Nick Triggle, Health Reporter, BBC News filed on 13 August 2010 The report highlights the impact which repaying £65bn over 3 decades is likely to have on NHS Trusts facing rising costs and falling (or static) revenues. This situation is set to be exacerbated by the primacy of patient choice and GP commissioning advocated in the DoH’s July White Paper “Equity and Ecellence: Liberating the NHS”, ...
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PFI – Is it really the end?
There has been much recent speculation in the press about the future of PFI. On the 15 November 2009 the Telegraph reported George Osborne as saying “Labour’s PFI model is flawed and must be replaced. We need a new system that doesn’t pretend that risks have been transferred to the private sector when they can’t be, and which genuinely transfers risks when they can be.” Of course nobody knows what Mr. Osborne really meant when he said ...
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