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Growing the private sector is no way to prevent the NHS becoming a poor service for poor people.

David Rowland | August 13, 2024 | Blog, Featured

Wes Streeting was spot on when he said during the election campaign that the biggest risk to the NHS is that it ends up becoming a ‘poor service for poor people’, where the middle classes are forced to pay for their own care, leaving fewer resources to treat sicker, poorer and unhealthier people in NHS hospitals. It is a risk that has grown significantly over the past decade, where cuts to the NHS have meant that more people are... Read More

Thousands of women have been harmed as a result of patient safety scandals, particularly in the private sector – what explains the lack of action by Government?

David Rowland | October 12, 2022 | Blog, Featured

In this blog, David Rowland discusses the ongoing scandal of patient safety in private hospitals, and why so many women in particular have been affected by negligent medical practice and regulation.

Is treating private patients a net benefit to NHS Trusts? We may never know

Sid Ryan | November 28, 2022 | Blog

In April 2022 draft NHS England planning guidance told NHS Trusts that ‘private patient services continue to be a significant source of material opportunity for the NHS.’ But CHPI research from 2018 has shown that this is not necessarily the case.

Mapping joint venture businesses in private healthcare

David Rowland & Sid Ryan | January 21, 2022 | Reports

This analysis maps the network of joint venture businesses between NHS medical consultants and private healthcare companies.

private hospitals

Growing the private sector is no way to prevent the NHS becoming a poor service for poor people.

Thousands of women have been harmed as a result of patient safety scandals, particularly in the private sector – what explains the lack of action by Government?

Is treating private patients a net benefit to NHS Trusts? We may never know

Mapping joint venture businesses in private healthcare

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