Growth in numbers of NHS patients treated in independent sector

Independent sector providers could account for one in five of all NHS-funded outpatient attendances and one in ten inpatient episodes by 2025 if current trends continue.Around 73,000 NHS inpatients were treated by non-NHS providers in 2006/07, representing around 0.5% of the total, but this had rocketed to 471,000 in 2013/14 – around 2.6% of total…