Publication

  • Caring for People, Not Making Markets

    A response to Durham County Council plans for Phase 2 of Investing in Modern Services for Older People by Durham County UNISON The report examines the limits of expanding the social care market in the County, the impact of further homes closures and analyses the options. The County Council voted narrowly to stop further closures…

    Published on 28th November 2006. Last updated 27th May 2017.

  • Strategic Partnership in Crisis

    Bedfordshire County Council agreed a £267m Strategic Service-Delivery Partnership with HBS Business Services Group in June 2001 and transferred 550 staff to HBS. Bedfordshire UNISON commissioned the Centre to undertake an evaluation of the Strategic Partnership. The study revealed that the partnership was in crisis and had failed to deliver. The contract was terminated in…

    Published on 28th November 2006. Last updated 27th May 2017.

  • The Marketisation of Teaching

    *The Marketisation of Teaching* PFI Journal No 52 The April 2006 issue of the PFI Journal contains an article by Dexter Whitfield which examines the potential impact of the Building Schools for the Future programme on education.

    Published on 28th November 2006. Last updated 27th May 2017.

  • PPPs – Where Will We Be By 2010?

    PPPs- Where Will We Be By 2010?, Dexter Whitfield, Public Management and Policy Association Newsletter, No.16, February 2002

    Published on 28th November 2006. Last updated 27th May 2017.

  • Partnerships, Privatisation and the Public Interest – Public Private Partnerships and the Financing of Infrastructure Development in South Australia

    By John Spoehr, Dexter Whitfield and John Quiggin for the Public Service Association of South Australia (2002). Discusses the basics, origins and rationale of PPPs, draws on the lessons from the British and Australian experience (55pp)

    Published on 28th November 2006. Last updated 27th May 2017.

  • ESSU Research Paper No 1: A Typology of Privatisation and Marketisation by Dexter Whitfield

    A paper setting out a four part typology of privatisation and marketisation. The typology provides examples and explanation of the different types of privatisation and marketisation; methods; political, social and economic objectives; and the impact on the state and public services.

    Published on 28th November 2006. Last updated 27th May 2017.

  • Options Appraisal Opposes Outsourcing and Offshoring of Prescription Pricing Division, NHS Business Services Authority

    ESSU was commissioned by UNISON Northern to prepare a detailed report on a PPD/KPMG proposal to outsource and offshore prescription processing. This comprehensive report examines value for money, risk assessment, insourcing trends, public cost analysis and other issues. A decision to outsource was expected in November 2006 but has been postponed indefinetly following intervention by…

    Published on 28th November 2006. Last updated 27th May 2017.

  • North Tyneside – A Commissioning Council? Evidence Base for the Alternative Plan

    A comprehensive report on the effects of outsourcing and transfer of public services to arms length companies and trusts.This 85 page report covers the proposed efficiency savings, a Transformation Plan or Blueprint for Business, the consequences of the Council’s plan, outsourcing and privatising Council services, the impact on jobs, assessing the impact of transformation, the…

    Published on 28th November 2006. Last updated 27th May 2017.

  • Aberdeen Futures: Whose Community Planning?

    New Report: Aberdeen TGWU ACTS Branch commissioned the European Services Strategy Unit to undertake a critical evaluation of Aberdeen Futures and the city’s community planning participation framework. The objective was to assess the extent to which the scope of participation had resulted in a shift of power in the decision making process and to identify…

    Published on 28th November 2006. Last updated 27th May 2017.

  • The Case for a Positive Public Duty on Age Equality

    This report examines the operation and impact of existing public duties in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and the UK Duty on Race, specifically in light of the desirability or otherwise of a Public Duty for Age Equality either as part of a Single Equalities Act or a separate piece of legislation. It also seeks…

    Published on 28th November 2006. Last updated 27th May 2017.