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NHS part privatisation

Series: Guardian ; 30 July 2001, 7 | Building ; 266(81985) 27 July 2001, 11(2)Publication details: 2001Subject(s): Summary: The health service is to set up by April 2002, a public-private company, 'Inventures", that will bid for smaller healthcare projects worth less than £20m. More than 100 firms have expressed interest in buying the 51% of the trading arm of NHS Estates agency involved in property management. However the Department of Health has expressed some concerns that there may be a conflict of interest in between disposing of surplus land and properties and providing new premises.

The health service is to set up by April 2002, a public-private company, 'Inventures", that will bid for smaller healthcare projects worth less than £20m. More than 100 firms have expressed interest in buying the 51% of the trading arm of NHS Estates agency involved in property management. However the Department of Health has expressed some concerns that there may be a conflict of interest in between disposing of surplus land and properties and providing new premises.