PFI & PPPs

Rethinking private financing in Scotland

Pollock AM, Price D. PFI and the National Health Service in England. 2013. download

Pollock AM. How Libor rate rigging has put hospitals in crisis. The Guardian. 2012.

Pollock AM. PFI is crippling the NHS. The Guardian. 2012.

Pollock AM, Price D. PFI hospitals bear the cost of Libor manipulation. BMJ 2012;345:e5095–e5095. download

Pollock AM, Price D, Liebe M. Private finance initiatives during NHS austerity. BMJ 2011;342:d324. download

Pollock AM. Evidence submitted to the Treasury committee inquiry into the future of the private finance initiative. 2011.

Pollock AM. NHS waste on private treatment centres. Sunday Telegraph. 2011.

Hellowell M, Pollock A. Do PPPs in social infrastructure enhance the public interest? Evidence from England’s National Health Service. Australian Journal of Public Administration 2010;69:S23–S34.  download

Pollock AM, Price D. The private finance initiative: the gift that goes on taking. BMJ 2010;341:c7175. download

Pollock AM, Price D. Stop protecting PFI contracts. The Guardian. 2010.

Hellowell M, Pollock AM. Non-profit distribution: the Scottish approach to private finance in public services. Social Policy and Society 2009;8:405.  download

Hellowell M, Pollock AM. The private financing of NHS hospitals: politics, policy and practice. Economic Affairs 2009;29:13–9. download

Pollock AM, Godden S, Kirkwood G. What about independent sector treatment centres? BMJ 2009;339:b4255–b4255. download

Pollock AM, Kirkwood G. Independent sector treatment centres: learning from a Scottish case study. BMJ 2009;338:b1421–b1421.download

Hellowell M, Pollock AM. The use of public private partnerships in Northern Ireland. Centre for International Public Health Policy 2009. download

Liebe M, Pollock AM. The experience of the private finance initiative in the UK’s national health service. Centre for International Public Health Policy 2009. download

Pollock AM. Uncovering the true costs of PFI. The Guardian. 2009.

Pollock AM, Godden S. Independent sector treatment centres: evidence so far. BMJ 2008;336:421–4. download

Pollock AM, Price D. Has the NAO audited risk transfer in operational private finance initiative schemes? Public Money and Management 2008;28:173–8. download

Pollock AM. Public–private partnerships and the Private Finance Initiative. 2007. download

Pollock AM, Price D. An examination of the UK Treasury’s evidence base for cost and time overrun data in UK value for money policy and appraisal. Public Money and Management 2007;27:127–33. download

Hellowell M, Pollock AM. Evidence to the National Assembly for Wales Finance Committee with regard to its inquiry on public private partnerships. Centre for International Public Health Policy 2007. download

Pollock AM. PFI secrecy negates democracy. Herald. 2007.

Pollock AM. The new profiteers. The Guardian. 2007.

Hellowell M, Pollock AM. PFI: friend or foe of primary care in Scotland? Scottish Primary Care 2006. download

Hellowell M, Pollock A. The impact of PFI on Scotland’s NHS: a briefing. Edinburgh: Centre for International Public Health Policy 2006.  download

Pollock AM. The exorbitant cost of PFI is now being cruelly exposed. The Guardian. 2006.

Pollock AM. NHS plc: the privatisation of our health care. 2nd ed. London: Verso 2005.

Pollock AM, Price D, Player S. The private finance initiative: a policy built on sand. London: UNISON 2005. download

Price D, Pollock AM, Player S. Public risk for private gain? The public audit implications of risk transfer and private finance. London: UNISON 2004. download

Pollock AM. Tony’s private love affair has cost us billions. Mail on Sunday. 2004.

Pollock AM, Price D. We are left footing the PFI bill. The Guardian. 2004 Jul 27.

Dunnigan M, Pollock A. Downsizing of acute inpatient beds associated with private finance initiative : Scotland’s case study. BMJ 2003;326:905–8. download

Rowland D, Pollock AM. Understanding the Private Finance Initiative: value for money? Developments in Economics 2003;19:133–48.

Pollock AM. Foundation hospitals and the NHS Plan. London: UNISON 2003. download

Pollock AM, Shaoul J, Vickers N. Private finance and ‘value for money’ in NHS hospitals: a policy in search of a rationale? BMJ 2002;324:1205–9.  download

Price D, Pollock AM. Debts, deficits and service reductions: Wakefield Health Authority’s legacy to primary care trusts. London: UNISON 2002. download

Rowland D, Pollock AM. Understanding the private finance initiative: the essential guide for school governors. London: UNISON 2002. download

Pollock AM. A new NHS built on debt. The Observer. 2002.

Godden S, Pollock AM, Player S. Capital investment in primary care -the funding and ownership of primary care premises. Public Money and Management 2001;21:43–50. download

Gaffney D, Shaoul J, Pollock AM, et al. Public services, private finance: affordability, accountability and the two-tier work force. London: UNISON 2001. download

Pollock AM. Privateers on the march. The Guardian. 2001.

Pollock AM. Private sector lured by £30bn public gold rush. The Observer. 2001.

Pollock AM, Dunnigan M. Beds in the NHS. BMJ 2000;320:461–2. download

Pollock AM. PFI is bad for your health. Public Finance 2000;30–1. download

Pollock AM, Price D, Dunnigan M. Kidderminster’s unkindest cuts. Public Finance 2000;28–30.

Pollock AM, Price D, Dunnigan M. The real cost of PFI in Worcester. Public Finance 2000;26.

Pollock AM, Vickers N. Private pie in the sky. Public Finance 2000;22–3.

Pollock AM, Price D, Dunnigan M. Deficits before patients: a report on the Worcester Royal Infirmary PFI and Worcestershire hospital reconfiguration. 2000. download

Gaffney D, Pollock AM. Pump-priming the PFI: why are privately financed hospital schemes being subsidized? Public Money and Management 1999;19(1):55–62. download

Gaffney D, Pollock AM, Price D, et al. NHS capital expenditure and the private finance initiative — expansion or contraction? BMJ 1999;319:48–51. download

Gaffney D, Pollock AM, Price D, et al. PFI in the NHS — is there an economic case? BMJ 1999;319:116–9. download

Gaffney D, Pollock AM, Price D, et al. The politics of the private finance initiative and the new NHS. BMJ 1999;319:249–53. download

Pollock AM, Dunnigan M, Gaffney D, et al. Planning the ‘ new ’ NHS : downsizing for the 21st century. BMJ 1999;319:179–84. download

Pollock AM, Gaffney D. The private cost of public health. Health Review 1999;20–1.

Gaffney D, Pollock AM. Downsizing for the 21st century: a report on the North Durham Acute Hospitals PFI scheme. London: UNISON 1999. download

Pollock AM, Gaffney D. Parliamentary briefing on PFI. 1999.

Pollock AM, Shaoul J, Gaffney D. The Private Finance Initiative and NHS hospital development. Report submitted to National Consumer Council. 1999. download

Price D, Gaffney D, Pollock AM. ‘The only game in town?’ A report on the Cumberland Infirmary Carlisle PFI. London: UNISON 1999. download

Pollock AM, Gaffney D, Dunnigan M. Public health and the private finance initiative. J Public Health Med 1998;20:1–2. download

Pollock AM. Private finance and NHS hospitals. ACP News 1998;37–9. download

Gaffney D, Pollock AM. Has the NHS returned to strategic planning? The CPAG and the second wave of PFI. London: UNISON 1998.

Gaffney D, Pollock AM. Opening the lid on the PFI. A negotiators guide to PFI procurement documents. London: UNISON 1998. download

Gaffney D, Pollock AM. Putting a price on the PFI: the illusionist economics of the Private Finance Initiative. London: UNISON 1998.

Pollock AM, Gaffney D, Dunnigan M. Public health and the private finance initiative. J Public Health. 1998 Jan 3;20(1):1–2. download

Pollock AM, Price D, Shaoul J. Summary of key points and issues raised at the meeting convened by the five councils with West Herts Health Authority. 1998. download

Pollock AM, Price D, Shaoul. Response to ‘Choosing the Right Direction’, a public consultation document on the future of health services in West Hertfordshire. 1998. download

Pollock AM, Shaoul J, Gaffney D. The Walsgrave Hospitals PFI development. 1998. download

Pollock AM, Shaoul J, Price D. Liquidating care to cure the deficit? The case of West Hertfordshire Health Authority’s Review of Acute Care Services. 1998. download

Pollock AM, Dunnigan M, Majeed A. What happens when the private sector plans hospital services for the NHS: three case studies under the private finance initiative. BMJ 1997;314:1266–71.

Gaffney D, Pollock AM. Can the NHS afford the Private Finance Initiative? London: BMA 1997.