SNP GOVERNAMENT CRITICISED AFTER ANOTHER ₤ 7M OF PRIVATE HOSPITAL CONTRACTS AGREED

Daily Record - Another £7m worth of contracts have been signed with private health firms at the same time as a new NHS hospital remains unused. The deals, struck by the health service, come after a £6m contract was agreed with the private Murrayfield facility in Edinburgh. Labour MSP Neil Findlay said: “Instead of feeding these companies more and more taxpayers’ money we should be nationalising. Although Nicola Sturgeon once said as Health Secretary that private hospitals would only be used “at the margins”, the Government has recently stepped up its use of the independent sector As a way of using spare capacity during the pandemic, NHS Scotland recently signed a £6m contract with Spire Healthcare for its staff, facilities and equipment at Murrayfield. The deal included....>>>