Well-established in the UK and Australia

In Germany,public-private partnerships in the health care sector are at an early stage of development. In the United Kingdom and Australia, on the other hand, it has been an accepted way of thinking for some time. As a partner in the British health care system, Bilfinger Berger has, in recent years, built large clinics in Gloucester and Hull. In both cases, complex and cost-intensive health care services were bundled in order to improve the quality of care for patients in medical emergencies.

Basic medical care in the suburbs is also becoming a focal point in the United Kingdom. In northwest England Bilfinger Berger BOT, in a project company together with the public sector, is designing, building, financing and operating local clinics and medical centres , one of which is the Primary Care Centre in Litherland.

In Melbourne, Australia, Bilfinger Berger BOT is developing the Royal Women’s Hospital which will open its doors in 2008. The project, with a volume of nearly € 200 million, is seen as an example for future PPP tenders in the state of Victoria and, in 2005, it received an award as “PPP deal of the year” in the Asia-Pacific region. (si)