Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what financial support the Government provided to the Transform Hospital Group to assist with responding to the covid-19 outbreak during the first covid-19 national lockdown in March 2020; and how many covid-19 patients the Transform Hospital Group provided treatment to during that period.
Under its contract with the Transform Hospital Group, in operation between 23 March – 7 September 2020, NHS England covered Transform’s operating costs in respect of specific clinical facilities, in return for the National Health Service having access to those facilities and services delivered from them. The actual costs recoverable are still being finalised.
The Transform Hospital Group did not treat any COVID-19 patients during this period but provided elective activity for NHS patients.