NHS ENLISTS ALLA ENGLISH PRIVATE HOSPITALS TO TREAT CORONAVIRUS

Financial Times - Arrangement comes as UK deaths from the disease rise to 233 The entire capacity of the private hospital sector in England will be used to treat coronavirus patients, and take on work the NHS is too overwhelmed to carry out, under a deal announced by the government on Saturday. As the taxpayer-funded health service braces for hundreds of thousands of extra patients, the agreement will provide nearly 20,000 extra staff to help manage the surge in cases, NHS England said. The arrangement, which in effect puts the whole private hospital sector under contract to the government, will start on Monday. It came as the UK death toll from the virus rose to 233 on Saturday, while the number of confirmed infections...>>>