“Facilities management” at Calderdale Royal Hospital is part of the Private Finance Initiative contract. This means that the hospitals Trust has to use the PFI Facilities Management company for all the buildings and grounds maintenance. The Trust also has to … Continue reading
Privatisation is not just making a mess of our NHS. It is also making a mess of a whole host of Council services, including waste management. An article by Greg Pitcher in today’s Local Government Chronicle reports that Greater Manchester … Continue reading
The costs of repaying the PFI debt and of paying for the expensive PFI hospital maintenance and service contracts are one of the causes of the Calderdale and Huddersfield hospital Trust’s finance problems. PFI costs, funding shortage and Strategic Review … Continue reading
Calderdale Council has awarded a new waste and recycling collection contract, with an estimated value of between £110,000,000 and £130,000,000, to a global company, SUEZ, that puts profits above the human right to water and other vital utilities, leading to … Continue reading
Through its privatised household waste and recycling service, Calderdale Council have been handing over public money to a subsidiary of a global waste and water company that puts profits above the human right to water and other vital utilities. But … Continue reading
This is the second Plain Speaker report on the proposed hospital cuts that are scheduled for public consultation, starting at the end of February. If you’d like to find links to several other reports on different aspects of the proposals, … Continue reading
Walk for the NHS set off from Calderdale Royal Hospital on Friday 22nd August, arrived at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary around midday and after a rally in George Square Huddersfield, carried on to Dewsbury District Hospital. We arrived in the early … Continue reading
5 primary care/community health centres in Kirklees are a PFI project. Kirklees Primary Care Trust closed the financial deal for the PFI project in 2004. The 2012 Treasury PFI spreadsheet shows the PFI contract is for 30 years and Semperian … Continue reading