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New ways to combat future infectious diseases
New measures to combat infectious diseases outlined in a Government report published today could drastically cut mortality, save billions of pounds and eliminate the need for mass animal culling. |
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PFI projects on the up
The number of private finance initiative (PFI) contracts signed in the UK - many for large projects with IT at their core - is set to increase. |
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NHS cash 'wasted by PFI delays'
Millions of pounds are being added to NHS bills for privately-funded projects because firms are passing on the costs of delays, business leaders warn. |
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Call for details on investors' PFI gains
More information should be published on the gains that investors are making on private finance initiative projects, says parliament's public spending watchdog. |
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£55m East Anglia police PFI
Three groups are hoping to win a £55m police PFI deal in East Anglia. |
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PFI hospitals go ahead, but face more surgery
The Treasury has given the go-ahead for another two major PFI acute hospital redevelopment schemes. |
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Liverpool BSF turns its back on PFI route
Liverpool City Council (LCC) has won its battle with Partnerships for Schools (PfS) over how it delivers its £400m Building Schools for the Future (BSF) scheme. |
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Report warns of county MRSA rise
A shortage of cleaners and infection control nurses at Shropshire hospitals could lead to a rise in superbug cases, a report from health watchdogs warns today. |
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Billion pound boost for NHS hospitals
Tens of thousands of people living in the West Midlands and North West are set to benefit from a major £1 billion redevelopment of NHS hospitals in Birmingham and St Helens. |
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£134m Highlands school PFI reaches financial close
Galliford Try plc, the construction and house building group, has reached financial close on a PFI project for £134m of construction work to build eleven new schools in the Highlands of Scotland. |
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