NHS spends £1.8bn a year on private firms, says GMB in call to end outsourcing

The GMB said its findings show health trusts spend £1,831,105,580 annually on outsourced contracts (PA) - (PA Archive)

A trade union is stepping up calls to end privatisation in the NHS after its research suggested health trusts spend at least £1.8 billion a year on private companies.

The GMB said requests using freedom of information laws to more than 200 trusts show they spend £1,831,105,580 annually on outsourced contracts.