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Spending on private services by the NHS reached a record ?8.7bn last year, a jump of more than ?3bn since 2006, according to research.
A study by the Nuffield Trust and the Institute of Fiscal Studies reveals that the role of non-NHS providers in delivering NHS-funded care in England has increased dramatically from 2006, with the result that in certain areas of healthcare the independent sector is now a fixture in the NHS.
The report gives as an example the proportion of hip and knee replacements delivered by private companies and funded by the NHS, which rose from "negligible" in 2003 to a fifth of all such operations today.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/may/22/nhs-funding-private-sector-study
A study by the Nuffield Trust and the Institute of Fiscal Studies reveals that the role of non-NHS providers in delivering NHS-funded care in England has increased dramatically from 2006, with the result that in certain areas of healthcare the independent sector is now a fixture in the NHS.
The report gives as an example the proportion of hip and knee replacements delivered by private companies and funded by the NHS, which rose from "negligible" in 2003 to a fifth of all such operations today.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/may/22/nhs-funding-private-sector-study