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How PFI is bleeding Barts Health dry

Stop PFI bleeding Barts dry

Private sector corporations Innisfree and Skanska are draining millions of pounds from frontline health services in east and north-east London, thanks to a scandalous PFI contract. This has to stop! The … Continue reading

April 18, 2015

The Private Finance Initiative (PFI): a brief history and a financial dissection

Introduction PFI is a way of providing major infrastructure projects by borrowing from the private sector not the public sector. Since the early 19th century, public bodies have been able … Continue reading

April 16, 2015

Video: Stop the PFI plunder: Tower Hamlets Keep Our NHS Public meeting 27th January 2015

Held at The Jagonari Centre 183 Whitechapel Road, E1 1DN Speakers: John Lister (London Health Emergency) Helen Mercer (Drop the NHS Debt) & local speakers

March 6, 2015

Barts boss quits after news of £93M deficit

Peter Morris, chief exectutive of Barts Health NHS Trust, has announced his decision to quit this summer, after the NHS Trust Development Authority expressed concern over Barts’ looming record deficit of … Continue reading

February 24, 2015 · Leave a comment

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