Hi Holmezy I was involved in the building of the new Birmingham queen Elizabeth hospital a 550 million pound PFI if you pm me with your details i will give you a call to see if i can help Thanks chris

Holmezy, is the post with the NHS Trust operating out of the hospital, or with the PFI operator of the facility? I seem to recall NHS having some decent stuff on-line on the topic (obviously written from their perspective) but most of it around procurement and construction issues. It is extremely difficult to find anything positive on the web on this topic - mostly what is there tends to be very negative (e.g. UNISON publications). That said, you could always take these negatives and put a positive spin on them. The most common issues with any PFI (irrespective of the type of facility) seem to be the constant wrangling over funding and responsibility to fix and maintain things, the quality and durability of goods and services, entrenched attitudes, poor communications and lack of consultation across the two bodies. Regarding specific operational risk issues in health care, this document may be of some use: http://www.hse.gov.uk/fo...ctors/public/7_05_12.pdf