The contracting NHS – can the NHS handle the outsourcing of clinical services?

The contracting NHS – can the NHS handle the outsourcing of clinical services? This report argues that the NHS is poorly equipped
to monitor the quality, safety and value for money of health services outsourced to private providers .

This is further complicated by the outsourcing of contract monitoring from CCGs to Commissioning Support Units, which are themselves soon to be privatised. Centre for Health and the Public Interest

See also:

• NHS struggling to monitor the safety and efficacy of its services outsourced to private providers The Independent