NHS WILL GIVE PRIVATE HOSPITALS UP TO £10 BILLION OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS

Dailymail - The NHS is preparing to spend up to £10billion outsourcing work to private hospitals in a bid to cut waiting lists. Private hospitals are expected to take on some of the workload that has built up over the past few months as part of a four-year deal. The outsourced work aims to cut waiting lists, which are forecast 'to increase as a result of Covid-19 interrupting and reducing NHS capacity'. Waiting lists have soared to record levels during the Covid-19 pandemic as a result of thousands of non-urgent operations being cancelled. VAround 1.85million people have waited more than 18 weeks for routine treatment in England — the most since records began more than a decade ago. Experts fear 10million people may be waiting for treatment by Christmas. A second wave will cause even more chaos in the NHS. It comes amid concerns about delays to cancer care...>>>