00:01Private companies providing services to the NHS have made £1.6 billion in profits over the last two years, according
00:09to research.
00:10The analysis, based on contracts worth £12 billion, has raised concerns about how public money is being spent on care
00:17for patients.
00:18The Centre for Health and the Public Interest says the profits could have funded thousands of doctors or nurses instead.
00:26Critics, including Liberal Democrat Health spokesperson Helen Morgan, say the figures are unacceptable and are calling for limits on profits.
00:35Private providers deliver services such as scans, operations and mental health care, with ministers to respond to the findings.
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