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Private finance initiative (PFI)
- PFI guidance
- New standard preliminary invitation to negotiate (PITN)
- New standard prequalification questionnaire
- New standard output specifications
- Standard contract
- Land and buildings in PFI schemes
- Design development protocol for PFI schemes
- Generic economic model PFI schemes
- Learning lessons from postproject evaluation
- Improving PFI procurement
- Changes to Treasury Green Book
- Investment in IM&T in the NHS
- Social Care PFI Initiative
- New hospital schemes
- Investment Guidance RouteMap
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Changes to Treasury Green Book
Changes in the new edition of the HM Treasury publication 'Green Book: Appraisal and Evaluation in Central Government' which affect NHS and DH business cases, including the introduction of optimism bias.
New supplementary guidance on optimism bias
Published: 08/11/2004
Guidance on applying optimism bias to IM&T schemes and supporting mitigation calculation spreadsheet
Published: 06/07/2005
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HM Treasury: Green Book
The Green Book is a best practice guide for all central departments and executive agencies, and covers projects of all types and size. It aims to make the appraisal process throughout government more consistent and transparent.
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