Private hospitals should be put under the same scrutiny as NHS services

Private hospitals should be put under the same scrutiny as NHS services


Private hospitals must offer the same transparency on patient safety that the public demands from the NHS
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Earlier this week a report published by the Centre for Health and the Public Interest (CHPI) called for much greater transparency about the quality of healthcare in the private sector.

The health thinktank claimed that patients undergoing operations in private hospitals are sometimes exposed to risk from inadequate equipment, lack of intensive care beds, unsafe staffing arrangements, and poor medical record keeping. Guardian

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