Scotland shuns PFI in £842m hospital build
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The Scottish Executive has approved the construction of an £842m ($1.68bn) hospital for Glasgow. The New Southern Hospital, Scotland's largest hospital building project, will be funded completely publicly, in a move that may be perceived as an overt rejection of the private finance initiative (PFI) model embraced by England to support large-scale healthcare investments.