PFI: perfidious financial idiocy. A "free lunch" that could destroy the NHS

R Smith

Editorial

R Smith. BMJ. 1999.

. 1999 Jul 3;319(7201):2-3.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7201.2.

R Smith

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Comment in

Private finance initiative. Partnership between private and NHS is not necessarily wrong.
McGinty F. McGinty F. BMJ. 2000 Jan 22;320(7229):250-1. BMJ. 2000. PMID: 10642246 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Private finance initiative. The initiative puts strain on primary care groups in east London.
Boomla K, Shanmugadasan S, Highton C, Tobias G, Kohli B. Boomla K, et al. BMJ. 2000 Jan 22;320(7229):251. BMJ. 2000. PMID: 10712025 No abstract available.
The private finance initiative: the gift that goes on taking.
Pollock AM, Price D. Pollock AM, et al. BMJ. 2010 Dec 15;341:c7175. doi: 10.1136/bmj.c7175. BMJ. 2010. PMID: 21159765 No abstract available.
Failure of the private finance initiative.
Smith R. Smith R. BMJ. 2018 Jan 25;360:k311. doi: 10.1136/bmj.k311. BMJ. 2018. PMID: 29371182 No abstract available.

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