article_snippet: former Labour health minister Lord Warner said competition between different providers was vital to ensure the NHS can cope with spikes in demand, which occur most winters.
article_snippet: It is very difficult for the NHS to cope with the peaks and troughs of demand without the involvement of the private sector,’ former Labour health minister Lord Warner said.
article_snippet: Overall, around just six pence in every pound is spent in the NHS with the private sector, compared to just under five pence under Labour.
article_snippet: Labour insists that the Government’s NHS reforms have accelerated the number private firms winning NHS contracts, with around one in three now going outside the health service.
article_snippet: Lord Warner, a health minister between 2003 and 2007, pointed out Labour had expanded the use of private sector providers in the NHS – and insisted the use of private sector providers in the NHS – could not now survive without Lord Warner, a health minister between 2003 and 2007.
article_snippet: A lot of the private sector is currently providing services to the NHS at standards NHS tariffs.
article_snippet: But all the work that was done in the Blair government on choice and competition showed that people didn’t have concerns on whether work was done by the private or public sector.
article_snippet: ‘Independent commentators confirm that use of the private sector has grown at half the rate under this government as this government did under ,
article_snippet: ’ Lord Warner, a health minister between 2003 and 2007, pointed out Labour had expanded the use of private sector providers in the NHS – and insisted the use of private sector providers in the NHS – could not now survive without ’ Lord Warner, a health minister between 2003 and 2007 .
article_snippet: Most private sector bodies work both for the NHS and privately, and pooled costs, Dr Leonard Shapiro, a consultant cardiologist at Papworth Hospital NHS Trust said.