Launch of report: 40 years of private sector failure in the NHS

We are delighted to reschedule the launch of this report and it will be in person - don't worry, for anyone unable to make it, the talk will be recorded and shared afterwards on our website and newsletter.

Dr Lister will be joined in conversation with a representative from the Migrant Access Care Group and there will be an opportunity for questions afterwards.

Please arrive from 630pm for a 7pm sharp start. Refreshments will be served and please book in advance as we have limited availability!

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Forty years of failure: Private sector contracting and its impact on the NHS is an in-depth analysis of the history of outsourcing and privatisation in the NHS.

Dr John Lister, specialist health journalist and senior lecturer in Health Journalism at Coventry University, has researched and written extensively on the subject since 1984.  

The report explores the historical roots, costs and consequences of the 40 years of outsourcing of services by the NHS, which meant that thousands of staff playing key roles in the NHS did not enjoy NHS terms and conditions, but were employed by private companies. Their inferior terms and conditions – most notably sick pay – meant that thousands of staff were unable to afford to take sick leave, even as the Covid-19 pandemic gathered pace. 

Outsourcing of clinical work has diverted hundreds of millions into private profits that could otherwise have been use-fully invested in the NHS, improving the pay and conditions of staff, and making the NHS itself more resilient and better equipped to meet the challenge of the Covid-19 pandemic