...there is a huge amount of information regarding outsourcing within the NHS...and the vulnerabilities it creates../...many, many sites on the topic...but I’ll just quote this one little bit...
The now liquidated Carillion holds several contracts with the NHS, mostly in catering, car-parking and estates. Following the company’s collapse, the precarious nature of outsourcing within our health service has been painfully exposed. Unlike publicly owned companies which do not serve to make profit, the risk-taking nature of big-business contractors like Carillion leaves them vulnerable to collapse. As a direct result, big hospital building projects such as the Midland Metropolitan Hospital in Birmingham and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital have been delayed. Unsurprisingly, the public, NHS staff and politicians have begun to wonder how many more weaknesses lie just beneath the surface.
https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk...hs-outsourcing