Private Finance Initiative (PFI)

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.
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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
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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
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The Only Game in Town?
An analysis of the failings of PFI as operated in the Cumberland Infirmary Carlisle PFI Scheme.
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Downsizing for the 21st Century
An update version of an A4 report commissioned by Norther Region on the North Durham Acute Hospital PFI Scheme.
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