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As more of the health service is opened up to private providers, what does this mean for patient care and accountability? The Guardian examines the companies who are taking over crucial services and how this is affecting those who work in the NHS and the patients who use it
NHS: 'a significant rise in outsourcing' under Cameron - audio
Felicity Lawrence asks Tim Williams, managing director of Millstream, which monitors public procurement announcements, to describe the increase in outsourcing in the NHS under the coalition government