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PFI in the NHS

On this page you will find
  • Links to useful documents that contain information about PFI in the NHS
  • Education Materials for Health Service Branches facing PFI projects
  • A summary of UNISON's position on PFI in the Health Service
  • Links to general background documents on PFI
  • A link to the positively public campaign website

Link to another page on this site An introduction to PFI in the NHS
Link to a document on this siteCampaign skills coursebook [PDF]
Link to a document on this siteCourse workbook [PDF]
Link to a document on this siteCourse resources [PDF]
Link to another page on this site Positively Public campaign

CONTACT DETAILS
• The UNISON contact for PFI in the Health Service is Phil Green.
Health Service Group
UNISON Centre,
130 Euston Road,
London NW1 2AY
Email: p.g.green@unison.co.uk
PFI / NHS documents
Debts, deficits and service reductions
Wakefield health authority's legacy to primary care trusts. This UNISON report raises serious questions about hidden costs and lack of planning questions that the branch want answered as they continue to campaign against the PFI proposals.
Download Debts, deficits and service reductions PDF
What's good about the NHS and why it matters who provides the service
Politicians say it doesn't matter who provides the services so long as they are publicly funded. But redistribution is built into the design of the funding and delivery system through risk pooling and integration. The two tier system, where some people can gain access to private care outside the NHS, is being accompanied by the break up of the NHS by competition, contracting out, trust status, and user charges
Download What's good about the NHS.. PDF
Equality and Inclusion
24 page booklet setting out the issues in the delivery of public services to lesbians and gay men. Covers housing, health and social care, education, administration of justice and leisure services. Part of UNISON's Positively Public campaign
Download Equality and Inclusion PDF
The Only Game in Town?
An analysis of the failings of PFI as operated in the Cumberland Infirmary Carlisle PFI Scheme.
Download The Only Game in Town? PDF
Downsizing for the 21st Century
An update version of an A4 report commissioned by Norther Region on the North Durham Acute Hospital PFI Scheme.
Download Downsizing for the 21st Century PDF
 
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