Mastodawn

The NHS is (and has been for such a long time) suffering budgetary constraints, but now we know where a slice of that shortfall is going: In two years private health providers made £1.6bn in profits from their work in the NHS.

Supporters of private provision will claim that money is a reward for extra productivity & efficiency; more realistically we know these firms are cherry-picking treatments & transferring patients back to the NHS when problems arise.

#NHS #health

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/apr/13/private-companies-nhs-services-profit-chpi-research

Private firms providing services to NHS made £1.6bn profit in two years, research finds

Exclusive: MPs say profit-making levels in England are ‘scandalous’ and call for cap on amount private companies can make from NHS

The Guardian

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Billy Smith 3d ago

@ChrisMayLA6

Every time private surgery is performed, they have an ambulance on standby to take them to an NHS hospital if things go wrong. :|

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doombunny

@BillySmith @ChrisMayLA6 Yep. Worked in NHS admin for almost two decades and the private hospitals basically had the local A&E on speed dial because they can't manage actual emergencies (real emergencies tend to be expensive in terms of staff/premises). They do lots of hernia ops though as they're relatively quick/cheap/free of complications. Siphoning off the stuff that makes private healthcare big money easily makes them all look efficient for little real effort.