Department of Health: The Paddington Health Campus Scheme

glossaryLondon Regional OfficeMemorandum of UnderstandingMIPSNational Heart and Lung InstituteNHS TrustNorth West London StrategicHealth AuthorityOff balance sheetOfficial Journal of the EuropeanUnion (OJEU)On balance sheetOptimism biasOutline Business Case (OBC)Outline Planning PermissionOveragePaddington BasinPaddington Basin Project BoardPaddington DevelopmentCorporation Limited (PDCL)responsible for overseeing London’s health services, covering a population of7 million and overseeing 16 Health Authorities (as at 1999). Abolished in 2002.a document which set out the agreement that had been reached between theCampus Partners in relation to how the procurement of the Paddington HealthCampus was to be governed.Median Index of Public Sector construction costs.a division of Imperial College, Faculty of Medicine. The Institute is based at theRoyal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals.a providing body for health care, created under 1990 legislation in a move todistinguish between the providing function and the commissioning function(undertaken by Health Authorities).from April 2002, one of England’s 28 Strategic Health Authorities, responsiblefor the performance management of St Mary’s NHS Trust and the RoyalBrompton and Harefield NHS Trust.a form of borrowing in which the obligation is not recorded on the borrower’sfinancial statements and does not attract capital charges.the journal through which a PFI scheme must tender for contractors.Formerly ‘Official Journal of the European Communities’ (OJEC).a form of borrowing in which the obligation is recorded on the borrower’sfinancial statements and does attract capital charges.an explicit adjustment, based on data from previous projects, to redress thetendency to be overly optimistic when assessing the cost, work duration andbenefits of projects.the second phase (following Strategic Outline) of the business case cycle,which identifies the preferred option.establishes the principle of development. The details of the development maybe reserved and will require a further planning application.a clawback mechanism to allow the seller of land to receive a definedproportion of sales proceeds if that land is re-sold by the initial purchaser.the offshoot of the Grand Union Canal, which lies to the north of the currentSt Mary's Hospital.oversaw the development of the Campus scheme on behalf of the West LondonPartnership Forum until it was disbanded during the April 2002 reorganisationof the NHS.owners of land adjacent to the St Mary’s hospital site north of thePaddington Basin.the Paddington Health Campus scheme 39