Fears of new PFI-style ‘disaster’ as firms handed £6m to advise on using private funds for NHS clinics

<p>Exclusive: Consultants and lawyers hired to advise on using public-private partnerships to build ‘neighbourhood health centres’ in England</p><p>Ministers have handed firms £6m in contracts to help devise plans to build a network of new NHS clinics using private capital, despite fears the move could turn into a PFI-style disaster.</p><p>The Department of Health and Social Care has awarded contracts worth £3m each to the management consultants Deloitte and the lawyers Addleshaw Goddard. They are advising the DHSC on whether to use public-private partnerships (PPPs) to help build dozens of the promised “neighbourhood health centres” in England.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/sep/24/fears-of-new-pfi-style-disaster-as-firms-handed-6m-to-advise-on-using-private-funds-for-nhs-clinics">Continue reading...</a>