St Bartholomew's Hospital: Private Sector

(asked on 21st April 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the plans for a new private hospital called Nuffield Health at St Bartholomew's Hospital to be located within NHS St Bartholomew's Hospital premises, if he will make an assessment of the reasons why NHS Hospital Trusts are leasing out premises to private providers rather than expanding NHS services to meet local demand.


Answered by
Edward Argar Portrait
Edward Argar
Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
This question was answered on 28th April 2022

Under the National Health Service Act 2006, NHS trusts can raise additional income from marketing spare capacity resulting from a hospital’s non-core functions. The use of income generation schemes has played an important role in supporting NHS services for some time and has enabled investment in infrastructure and services.

Such schemes should not interfere with the delivery of services to patients in line with required standards. NHS bodies must ensure that commitments to these schemes do not divert significant management resources or otherwise prejudice the delivery of core services.

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