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WelcomeWelcome to the UNISON PFI and PPP pages. In these pages you will find
You can navigate through this site and access the material in it by following the links What are PPP and PFI?Public Private Partnerships (PPP) is the umbrella name given to a range of initiatives which involve the private sector in the operation of public services. The Private Finance Initiative (PFI) is the most frequently used initiative. The key difference between PFI and conventional ways of providing public services is that the public does not own the asset. The authority makes an annual payment to the private company who provides the building and associated services, rather like a mortgage. A typical PFI project will be owned by a company set up specially to run the scheme. These companies are usually a consortia including a building firm, a bank and a facilities management company. Whilst PFI projects can be structured in different ways, there are usually four key elements: Design, Finance, Build and Operate. The Positively Public CampaignPositively Public is UNISON's campaign to keep our public services public. Years of privatisation and underfunding have left many areas of public provision in a poor state. We welcome better funding of these vital services. But we don't believe that more privatisation is the answer. All our evidence and experience shows that once services are run for private profit, the quality of care is reduced and the public service ethos is replaced by a hard-nosed profit motive. It is about who makes the decisions about caring for your elderly relatives or your children's education or housing the homeless-someone with their heart in the right place, or someone with an eye on the balance sheet. Bargaining Support GroupUNISON can also provide information and guidance to branches involved in campaigning against PFI projects through the Bargaining Support Group at Mabledon Place. The Bargaining Support Group collects information on companies, their public sector contracts, and other operations. This can be used by branches for campaigning against a particular company, a specific project, or a bargaining issue arising from a PFI transfer. Bargaining Support Group can provide your branch with reports on
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CONTACT DETAILS
• The UNISON contact for PFI issues is Margie Jaffe. UNISON PFI 1 Mabledon Place London WC1H 9AJ Email: m.jaffe@unison.co.uk PFI documents
At What Cost?This UNISON report shows how using private firms to build and run schools and hospitals in Scotland is wasting billions of pounds At What Cost?
Building Schools for the Future : A concise branch guide(17/03/2006) This concise advice should be read with the APSE report for UNISON:'Building Schools for the Future: A Branch Handbook' Stock number 2484) It describes key stages in the BSF process and highlights UNISON's concerns. Building Schools for the Future : A Concise Branch Guide
Building Schools for the Future :A Branch Handbook(17/03/2006) This guide goes through the key stages in the BSF process and provides negotiating and technical advice for branches.Building Schools for the Future : A Branch Handbook
In The Interests Of Profit: At The Expense Of PatientsAn examination of the NHS Local Improvement Finance Trust (LIFT) model, analysing six key disadvantages.In The Interests Of Profit: At The Expense Of Patients
PFI: Against the Public InterestThe report analyses the failings of the government's private finance initiative and public private partnerships, highlighting high profile contracts which have failed and PFI companies, such as Ballast which went into receivership.PFI: Against the Public Interest
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