CIPHP Newshttp://www.health.ed.ac.uk/CIPHP/news/Information on news items from CIPHPThe big paybackhttp://www.health.ed.ac.uk/CIPHP/news/article.php?article_id=73&result=0The private finance initiative has played havoc with some NHS trusts' budgets and services - but worse is yet to come Mark Hellowell and Allyson Pollock, The Guardian, 12 Sep 07 http://politics.guardian.co.uk/publicservices/story/0,,2166817,00.html Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:26:52 GMThttp://www.health.ed.ac.uk/CIPHP/news/article.php?article_id=73&result=0Study reveals effects of soaring PFI costshttp://www.health.ed.ac.uk/CIPHP/news/article.php?article_id=72&result=0The annual cost of private finance initiatives to the NHS in England is set to increase five fold from £470 million to £2.3 billion over the next eight years, according to a report from the University of Edinburgh. The study, by the Universitys Centre for International Public Health Policy, highlights how the cost of PFI contracts are already causing financial problems for trusts involved, particularly those that have signed up to high value schemes. The researchers draw attention to...Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:23:56 GMThttp://www.health.ed.ac.uk/CIPHP/news/article.php?article_id=72&result=0Veronica Vecchi: Public private partnerships in the Italian healthcare systemhttp://www.health.ed.ac.uk/CIPHP/news/article.php?article_id=71&result=0 Thursday 13 September 2007 09:30 Registration, tea/coffee 10:00 Dr Veronica Vecchi 12:00 Close Room G3/G4 Doorway 6, School of Health in Social Science Medical Quad, Teviot Place, Edinburgh. Dr Vecchi teaches at SDA Bocconi School of Management and Bocconi University and she is researcher at CERGAS, the research centre of Bocconi University concerned with healthcare management. Her research interests include public and healthcare investments and financing...Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:22:23 GMThttp://www.health.ed.ac.uk/CIPHP/news/article.php?article_id=71&result=0Response to the Scottish Labour Partyhttp://www.health.ed.ac.uk/CIPHP/news/article.php?article_id=70&result=0Read CIPHP's response to Annex B in the Scottish Labour Party's Building Scotland: investing in Scotland's future View detailsThu, 19 Apr 2007 16:51:22 GMThttp://www.health.ed.ac.uk/CIPHP/news/article.php?article_id=70&result=0Response to Andy Kerr, Scotland's Health Ministerhttp://www.health.ed.ac.uk/CIPHP/news/article.php?article_id=69&result=0Read Allyson Pollock's letter published in The Herald responding to Andy Kerr's criticisms of CIPHP's work View detailsThu, 19 Apr 2007 16:46:22 GMThttp://www.health.ed.ac.uk/CIPHP/news/article.php?article_id=69&result=0Overcharging for water: fundamental flaws in utility pricing in the UKhttp://www.health.ed.ac.uk/CIPHP/news/article.php?article_id=67&result=0A Seminar for 'Overcharging for water: fundamental flaws in utility pricing in the UK' will be held on Monday 30 April 2007 View Seminar DetailsFri, 13 Apr 2007 16:58:40 GMThttp://www.health.ed.ac.uk/CIPHP/news/article.php?article_id=67&result=0Government expenditure and revenues in Scotlandhttp://www.health.ed.ac.uk/CIPHP/news/article.php?article_id=66&result=0A Seminar for 'Government expenditure and revenues in Scotland' will be held at 10.00 am on Monday 23 April 2007 View Seminar DetailsFri, 13 Apr 2007 16:34:50 GMThttp://www.health.ed.ac.uk/CIPHP/news/article.php?article_id=66&result=0