Privatisation is not just making a mess of our NHS. It is also making a mess of a whole host of Council services, including waste management. An article by Greg Pitcher in today’s Local Government Chronicle reports that Greater Manchester … Continue reading
Just a reminder, in case one is needed, about how the government, its quango Monitor (now renamed NHS Improvement) and the management consultancy company EY have worked hand in glove to put PFI investors’ interests above the healthcare needs of … Continue reading
In 2014, UCV Plain Speaker reported that equity in the Calderdale Royal Hospital (CRH), which is notorious as one of the most costly and least accountable PFI schemes in the NHS, had changed hands 10 times, and that according to … Continue reading
Quite a few people, rightly outraged by Calderdale Royal Hospital’s rip-off PFI debt, are calling for Calderdale Council to lend the hospitals Trust the money to buy out the debt, along the lines of the Council-financed Hexham Hospital buy out … Continue reading
At the 21 October Joint Health Scrutiny Committee meeting, Councillors tried to find out what the NHS competition enforcer, Monitor, actually meant by stating that the hospitals Trust needs to: “maximise the value of the Calderdale Royal Hospital (CRH) PFI … Continue reading
In 2014-15, the total cost of Calderdale Royal Hospital Private Finance Initiative (PFI) was £23.570m. This “unitary charge” was made up of: Interest on the debt……… £10.929m Repayment of the debt…..£ 1.497m Service charge…………….£11.144m The value of the hospital building … Continue reading
Jeremy Corbyn has called for the Labour party in opposition to campaign for a fund to be set up to bail out NHS trusts from PFI schemes that were forced upon them under the New Labour government. This is in … Continue reading
“Facilities management” at Calderdale Royal Hospital is part of the Private Finance Initiative contract. This means that the hospitals Trust has to use the PFI Facilities Management company for all the buildings and grounds maintenance. The Trust also has to … Continue reading
Equity in the Calderdale Royal Hospital (CRH), which is notorious as one of the most costly and least accountable PFI schemes in the NHS, has changed hands 10 times. According to the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee, PFI equity … Continue reading
The costs of repaying the PFI debt and of paying for the expensive PFI hospital maintenance and service contracts are one of the causes of the Calderdale and Huddersfield hospital Trust’s finance problems. PFI costs, funding shortage and Strategic Review … Continue reading