Private health lobby advised on NHS privatisation review

Dalton review into management of hospitals featured Jim Easton of Care UK as one of its experts – and he was representing the main private sector lobby group, an FoI request shows

The authors of a major report on changes to NHS hospitals failed to declare that a lobbying network for the private healthcare industry was on its advisory panel, new documents suggest.

The Dalton review, a government-commissioned report which last year concluded that private companies could oversee management of NHS hospitals, was advised by a panel of experts that included Jim Easton, the managing director of private health firm Care UK.

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