NHS WILL NEED 40 NEW HOSPITALS IF LABOUR BARS PRIVATE SECTOR, PROVIDERS SAY

Financial Times - More than 40 new hospitals would be needed in England if an incoming Labour government barred private companies from delivering National Health Service-funded care, according to the organisation representing independent providers. 

As it seeks to make the case for its continued role in the face of Labour’s anti-privatisation drive, the Independent Healthcare Providers Network said the sector performed 11.2 per cent of all non-urgent care, amounting to 436,000 operations a year. 

Meanwhile, Labour was dragged into a row over whether its plans for a 32-hour week — without any loss of pay — would mean a multibillion pound increase in the NHS pay bill...>>>