Ring-fence your PPU beds

Our series looking at a year in the life of a NHS private patient unit (PPU) continues with a plea from Philip Housden to use the weeks ahead to strengthen the offering.

So ‘winter bed pressures’ are a dim and distant memory? Happy days for the PPU! If the beds in your NHS trust’s private patient ward are not fully available to consultants now, when can they be?

The stark fact is that PPU beds need to be ring-fenced.