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The COVID Inquiry is the last chance to get to the bottom of the £2 billion contract with the private hospital sector during the pandemic

David Rowland | November 13, 2024 | Blog

One of the scandals of the COVID 19 pandemic which the current public inquiry has yet to explore is the failure by the government to use the private hospital sector to help the NHS and to reduce the growing backlog of elective care for NHS patients. Nowhere was this failure more obvious than in January 2021 at the peak of the second wave, when London’s NHS hospital services were collapsing under the weight of thousands of new COVID... Read More

The Devil is in the Detail – NHS England’s Contracts with the Private Hospital Sector during COVID

David Rowland & Sid Ryan | March 7, 2023 | Reports

This report analyses the contractual mechanisms of NHSE’s £2bn+ deal with the private hospital sector during COVID, building on our 2021 report ‘For Whose Benefit’ using newly obtained activity data and the contracts themselves.

Is a two-tier healthcare system inevitable in the UK?

David Rowland | January 4, 2023 | Analyses, Featured

David Rowland considers the contingent role of government policy.

Smoke and Mirrors: NHS England’s ‘totally transparent’ multi-billion pound deal with the private hospital industry

Sid Ryan | January 17, 2022 | Blog

Despite promises to the contrary, NHS England still hasn’t even attempted to be transparent about its last round of contracts with the private sector.

The COVID Inquiry is the last chance to get to the bottom of the £2 billion contract with the private hospital sector during the pandemic

The Devil is in the Detail – NHS England’s Contracts with the Private Hospital Sector during COVID

Is a two-tier healthcare system inevitable in the UK?

Smoke and Mirrors: NHS England’s ‘totally transparent’ multi-billion pound deal with the private hospital industry

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