Cavanagh warning over PFI to build new Sick Kids
Health chiefs should think twice before deciding to use the controversial private finance initiative to build Edinburgh's new Sick Kids hospital, the outgoing chairman of NHS Lothian said today.
'MRSA affected 147 children'
Scores of babies and children suffered potentially fatal blood infections last year after contracting MRSA, the Health Protection Agency has found.
SNP Reveal Plans to Replace PFI
SNP Leader Alex Salmond MP, has unveiled proposals to replace the PFI with a Scottish Futures Trust
‘Disastrous’ PFI hospitals are defended by minister
The government this week pressed ahead with its commitment to private finance initiatives by announcing £224m hospital rebuilding schemes in the region.