Non-NHS healthcare providers given £96bn in a decade, says Labour
Exclusive: Analysis reveals amount of money flowing to for-profit firms, voluntary groups and not-for-profits
It might be they’ve charged that much for services rendered but we don’t normally think of that as “given” do we?
Further, as that’s well under 10% of the NHS budget it’s not enough.
now that gifted is used for freely giving something with no strings not surprised at given being tried out with a new meaning.
Its the usual political declension: I invest, you spend, he/she gives away.
Anyone prepared to go through the tendering procedure trying to sell something to a committee who don’t understand what it is or how it works, while getting all the diversity/white slavery boxes ticked, they deserve anything they can get, they earned it.
+1 Rhoda
Does this bear any relation to the wildly extravagant PFI schemes favoured by Gordon Brown?
Does the “for-profit firms” include GPs’ partnerships and dentists?