All Private finance initiatives (PFI) articles – Page 14
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NewsTariff weighting could 'reduce' trust mergers - King's Fund
Paying a higher tariff rate to trusts with larger capital costs could reduce the need for hospital reconfigurations, a report from the King’s Fund has claimed.
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HSJ Local
Future of West Middlesex University Hospital to be discussed in coming weeks
STRUCTURE: The south west London hospital trust said an extraordinary trust board meeting will be held “in private in mid March to determine the way forward” to foundation trust status.
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HSJ Local
PFI accounting change threatens Hinchingbrooke finances
FINANCE: Changes in the rules around accounting for expenditure under the private finance initiative could threaten Hinchingbrooke Health Care’s ability to breakeven for the year, according to board papers.
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CommentNoel Plumridge: trapped in PFI purgatory
Of the 16 pages of last week’s Managing the Transition letter from Richmond House, the provider side of the NHS occupies a mere three paragraphs. One about the foundation trust “pipeline”, one on separating primary care trusts from their former provider arms and one on encouraging the independent sector.
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Compensation danger over LIFT contract transfers
The impending abolition of primary care trusts has made the NHS vulnerable to claims totalling in the “high hundreds of millions” from companies that hold local improvement finance trust contracts.
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NewsBarts double merger moves a step closer
The creation of a new £1.1bn turnover organisation has moved a step closer after NHS London ruled an acute trust could merge with two smaller hospitals.
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NewsPFI contracts to be squeezed by Treasury
The Treasury has launched a squeeze on contracts signed under the private finance initiative in the hope of finding savings worth millions of pounds.
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NewsCouncil planning change could slash hospital site value
A hospital trust is facing a potential £8m shortfall in funding because of changes in local planning policies and land values.
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NewsDH: 20 trusts' futures in doubt
The Department of Health has identified about 20 organisations that will struggle to achieve foundation status, NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has revealed.
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HSJ Local
Tees, Esk and Wear buys back PFI debt
FINANCE: Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys Mental Health Foundation Trust has bought back its private finance initiative debt from its private sector partner.
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NewsTrust counts £8m cost of objections to PFI scheme
A judicial review application against the rebuild of the Royal Liverpool University Hospital has cost the trust £8m in delays so far and is risking operational failures.
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NewsNHS trust buys back its PFI debt
A mental health trust is believed to be the first NHS organisation to have bought back its private finance initiative debt from its private sector partner.
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HSJ Local
North Tees agrees PFI hospital business plan
COMMERCIAL: North Tees and Hartlepool Foundation Trust has agreed a business case for a £299m private finance initiative hospital.
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HSJ Local
Three bidders left for Papworth Hospital PFI
COMMERCIAL: A private finance initiative contract for a new hospital for Papworth Hospital Foundation Trust is down to three bidders.
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NewsTrusts battle for right to absorb smaller non-FTs
Two London hospital trusts, one of which is struggling with a large private finance initiative, are competing to swallow up two smaller trusts.
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Community foundation trusts may buy premises with Treasury cash
Aspirant community foundation trusts will be able to acquire the primary care trust estate they operate from with Treasury resources, the Department of Health has said.
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NewsFirst single room-only hospital opens
The first publicly funded UK hospital to feature single rooms only has been opened on the site of a disused steelworks in Ebbw Vale, South Wales.
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NewsPublic-private partnerships market growing to £1.8 trillion
The UK market for public private partnerships will potentially be worth £1.8 trillion over the next decade, according to analysis by PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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NewsNew Birmingham hospital clears further hurdle and gains name
Plans to build a “super hospital” in Birmingham have been given the go ahead by NHS West Midlands but with 60 fewer beds than originally intended.
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NewsNHS estate and hotel services heavily outsourced
Almost one third of NHS estate and hotel service costs are now provided through contracts with the private sector, latest figures show.