PPP goes to ER

From January 1st 2017 all Polish hospitals have been mandated to operate on the basis of European Union standards. Does this mean that they will resemble those in the House, MD series? Not necessarily, but they should operate on a decent European level. This will be a revolution. It will be a revolution which will cost many billions of złoty. And who will pay for all this when the budgets of a large number of Polish local authorities are hardly healthy or are in the red already? The private sector could offer some help here and it is very keen to start such projects. “PPP offers a possibility of transferring some of the costs onto the private sector. Particularly considering the fact that there are a lot of parties interested in each PPP project. Nearly all large construction companies are interested in such projects provided that the enterprises are of a suitable value – usually at least PLN 50 mln,” says Inez Handzlik of the Baker & McKenzie Krzyżowski i Wspó