Emeritus Prof Christopher MayAnd, as warned (expected) Keir Starmer (and We Streeting) are expanding the amount of work the NHS hands off to the private sector as a way of 'dealing' with the NHS crisis... of course, this is a solution that looks at capacity (which of course needs to be expanded) rather than at the costs of provision.... to expand capacity by adding high-cost private contractors, may be a short-term sticking plaster but of course 'robs Peter to pay Paul'!
MarjorieR@ChrisMayLA6 given many consultants (and nurses) already work in both the private and public sectors where is all this extra private provision for NHS patients going to come from?
The NHS workforce presumably.
The NHS workforce presumably.
Simon LucyAccording to Streeting at lunchtime that private providers have to source the resources needed but they can't reuse NHS staff and that's stipulated in the contracts.
When pushed on whether that means more foreign staff he said that's up to them and they could do that.
The implication is that foreign is wrong, but you can't train staff overnight.
There was also a lot on private providers sharing their training facilities with the NHS.
Kim Spence-Jones 🇬🇧😷@simon_lucy @marjolica @ChrisMayLA6
This could descend into farce. Sounds like Streeting has set the private sector an impossible challenge. Their only option is going to be ‘no bid’. Egg on Streeting’s face when his ‘solution’ turns out to be a bust?
This could descend into farce. Sounds like Streeting has set the private sector an impossible challenge. Their only option is going to be ‘no bid’. Egg on Streeting’s face when his ‘solution’ turns out to be a bust?
MJ Ray@KimSJ @simon_lucy @marjolica @ChrisMayLA6 there's always going to be some private sector chancer willing to bid very high if they think they might be the only bid, so "expensive bids that would all fail" is more likely than "no bid". The main question is whether the person inviting bids realises they would all fail, or if they're foolish enough to pick a winner that then fails and puts egg on many faces?
@mjr @simon_lucy @marjolica @ChrisMayLA6
This is going to be ripe for FoI requests and journalistic revelations!
This is going to be ripe for FoI requests and journalistic revelations!