Health Services: Private Sector

(asked on 27th October 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the role of private-equity-owned companies in the provision of NHS services through outsourcing and insourcing arrangements; and whether she plans to introduce any additional transparency or oversight requirements for such providers.


Answered by
Karin Smyth Portrait
Karin Smyth
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 3rd November 2026

No recent assessment has been made.

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