London PPUs start to open again

PPU Watch

London leads the way

NHS trusts are beginning to re-open private patient capacity following the peak of the Covid-19 crisis. 

But outside London the picture is patchy, with most trusts struggling to adapt to the reduced capacity available for NHS services and working through how best to utilise the extension to the national agreement with the independent sector.

Shams Maladwala, managing director at The Royal Marsden Private Care, told Independent Practitioner Today: ‘Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, The Royal Marsden has played a crucial role as London’s leading specialist cancer centre and continues to offer patients the highest standards of care. 

‘To coincide with NHS efforts to recover cancer activity, we are increasing activity across all our services to continue to offer patients world-leading treatment and care in a safe environment.