Led by Benjamin Goodair and Dr Aaron Reeves, the study found, since 2014, out-sourcing has been associated with an additional 557 deaths across 173 of England’s clinical commissioning groups. Out-sourcing has been associated with an additional 557 deaths across 173 of England’s clinical commissioning groupsAccording to the peer-reviewed study, out-sourcing to for-profit companies consistently increased between 2013 and 2020, corresponding ‘with significantly increased rates of treatable mortality, potentially as a result of a decline in the quality of health-care services’. The results suggest the privatisation of healthcare is corresponding with worse quality care Benjamin GoodairBenjamin Goodair says, ‘This new study represents the first attempts to measure the total impact of for-profit outsourcing from England’s NHS on health outcomes. While the analysis is not able to identify a causal relationship, the results suggest that the privatisation of healthcare is corresponding with worse quality care. The report states, ‘Since the reforms to the NHS in England in 2012, some measures of health-care quality, as well as population health, have been worsening’.
