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Sussex Partnership NHS Trust says joint venture with Care UK is ?good deal? for patients, but unions raise privatisation fears
An NHS mental health trust has set up a joint venture with a private sector firm that will almost double its number of rehabilitation and recovery beds.
The deal between Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and private health firm Care UK has involved the purchase of the 32-bed rehabilitation mental hospital in Gosport, Hampshire for ?8m. A further 24 beds in self-contained accommodation will be created by the end of the year.
The move will boost the total number of mental health recovery and rehabilitation beds available to patients from 77 to 133. The deal between the trust and Care UK involves the formation of a joint venture company, Recovery and Rehabilitation Partnership Ltd, which will employ all staff.
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/arti...l-with-private-firm-to-double-bed-numbers.htm
An NHS mental health trust has set up a joint venture with a private sector firm that will almost double its number of rehabilitation and recovery beds.
The deal between Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and private health firm Care UK has involved the purchase of the 32-bed rehabilitation mental hospital in Gosport, Hampshire for ?8m. A further 24 beds in self-contained accommodation will be created by the end of the year.
The move will boost the total number of mental health recovery and rehabilitation beds available to patients from 77 to 133. The deal between the trust and Care UK involves the formation of a joint venture company, Recovery and Rehabilitation Partnership Ltd, which will employ all staff.
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/arti...l-with-private-firm-to-double-bed-numbers.htm