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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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PFI guidance
For the main PFI guidance manual go to the first link below ('PFI Guidance'). Below that are three additional specialist guidance documents ('Composite Trader', 'Treasury Guidance' and 'Revision to PFI guidance - 'Fair Treatment of Staff' and observing TUPE') which have appeared subsequently. Below these are some more general information documents.
PFI Guidance
Composite trader
This section of the guidance explains tax treatment for construction costs of NHS PFI schemes (composite trader).
Treasury guidance
Published: 15/04/2003
Treasury taskforce technical notes from HM Treasury.
Revision to PFI guidance - 'Fair Treatment of Staff' and observing TUPE
Two revisions to the main NHS PFI Guidance on this website are available on this website
Accreditation of NHS project directors
Results of the latest prioritisation round for major schemes
The results of the 2004 prioritisation exercise for capital investment schemes with an expected capital cost of £40m or more were announced in July. Details are in the Press Release below:
General PFI Question and Answer Briefing
Questions and Answers relating to PFI
Private Finance and Investment - External Links
Links outside the Department of Health
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