Can the private healthcare sector help Keir Starmer cut NHS waiting lists?

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Plans for a “new agreement” to more closely link the NHS and the private healthcare sector have been unveiled today in a bid to slash waiting lists for patients. The National Health Service (NHS) and the independent sector have struck a new deal which ministers say will improve patient choice as part of plans to end the health backlog. The NHS and Independent Sector Partnership Agreement will see patients offered a wider choice of providers for tests or scans – including private care – paid for by the NHS. This will focus on certain specialist treatment areas – including orthopaedics and gynaecology, which face long waiting lists – and in more deprived areas of the country. Read more of the story here 👇 https://www.cityam.com/healthcare-could-the-private-sector-help-keir-starmer-cut-nhs-waiting-lists/ Get more of City AM 👇 🌐 http://www.cityam.com X(formerly Twitter): http://twitter.com/CityAM Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/cityam Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/city_am LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/cityam Produced by: Jessica Frank-Keyes, Joseph Curay Teneda, Emmanuel Nwosu


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