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PFI contracts are typically for 25–30 years (depending on the type of project); although contracts less than 20 years or more than 40 years exist, they are considerably less common. [8] During the period of the contract the consortium will provide certain services, which were previously provided by the public sector.
It was built and managed by Robertson Group, with NHS Highland repaying for the cost over a 25-year contract. [1] Under the PFI arrangement the facility cost £16.5 million to build but the total cost that NHS Highland is expected to bear is estimated at £106 million. [4] [5]
Allyson Pollock is a consultant in public health medicine and was the Director of the Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University.She is an academic who is known for her research into, and opposition to, part privatisation of the UK National Health Service (NHS) via the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) and other mechanisms.
In 2017 there were 127 PFI schemes in the English NHS. The contracts vary greatly in size. Most include the cost of running services such as facilities management, hospital portering and patient food, and these amount to around 40% of the cost. Total repayments will cost around £2.1 billion in 2017 and will reach a peak in 2029.
Public Contracts Scotland was created as a result of John McClelland's 2006 Review of Public Procurement in Scotland. [1] The McClelland report called for a single public sector "electronic portal" to be established as a part of the Scottish Government’s Public Procurement Reform Programme.
At around £290 billion every year, public sector procurement accounts for around a third of all public expenditure in the UK. [1] EU-based laws continue to apply to government procurement: procurement is governed by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, Part 3 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015, [2] and (in Scotland) the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations of 2015 ...
The National Health Service Central Register (NHSCR) is a Scottish Government database accessible to public bodies approved by the Scottish Parliament. The register was established in the early 1950s to facilitate the transfer of patients between Health Board areas or across borders within the countries of the United Kingdom .
NHS Employers is an organisation which acts on behalf of NHS trusts in the National Health Service in England and Wales. It was formed in 2004, is part of the NHS Confederation , and negotiates contracts with healthcare staff on behalf of the government.