Over the last few years the NHS has been subjected to a huge experiment. It tested how competition and outsourcing could be used to plan and provide health care for NHS patients.
There is compelling evidence that many aspects of this policy have failed. After extensive criticism politicians are said to be rethinking it, but the entire legal framework and machinery for transferring services to the private sector remains in place.
OTHER KEY STEPS
Private Finance Initiative
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Selling off assets
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Commissioning / planning
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Organisations and structure
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Spin off companies
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Underfunding?
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