NHS units could form regional PPU brand

Our series by Philip Housden reviewing the NHS private patient unit (PPU) sector continues with a study of the private patient services in the 13 NHS trusts delivering acute care services to the East Anglia counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Cambridgeshire.

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Figure 1

Figures from the published annual accounts for this group of trusts show that total private patient revenues have started to bounce back to growth in the past two years, rising 18% from £20.6m to £24.3m between 2014-15 and 2016-17 (Figure 1).

This now represents 0.72% of these trusts’ total revenues, which is a return to the 2013-14 levels. The combined national average outside of London is 0.5%.

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