Fact checks regarding private finance initiatives and commercialisation and external funding of the NHS
Health
Claims government spending on private healthcare companies is double GP services aren’t quite right, as non-NHS healthcare spend figures also include money for charities and local councils. Read
Health
The staff bank NHS Professionals became a company in 2010, but it is still wholly owned by the Department of Health and Social Care. Read
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This is the total budget for two years of Test and Trace. Not all of it was spent, and only a fraction went to Serco. Read
This article is part of our Ask Full Fact series on the 2019 general election, answering your questions about the election, from claims the main parties are making to what happens on polling day. Read
This article is part of our Ask Full Fact series on the 2019 general election, answering your questions about the election, from claims the main parties are making to what happens on polling day. Read
Health
While it’s certainly possible the NHS could pay more for drugs after a post-Brexit US trade deal, we can’t say what this would look like until after a draft agreement has been released. Read
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Lib Dems abstained from a motion regretting that the government hasn’t pledged to repeal the 2012 Health and Social Care Act, which extended health privatisation. Read
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Readers have asked us to look into claims about the Naylor Review and its recommendations on selling NHS land. Read
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The proportion of NHS spending going to private providers is growing year on year. Read
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The Department of Health paid £2 billion last year in charges for PFIs on the NHS. Read
