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Staggering profiteering from the 5 main private companies providing cataract removals to the NHS. £169 million in 2023-24 alone. A profit margin of 32%. This is taxpayers' money being squandered on vast private payouts. Efficiency, Wes Streeting?








āFurther, fasterā Wes Streeting The Labour Party cutting NHS services whilst outsourcing to Private Providers There are better options







NEW š: The Royal College of Ophthalmologists has written to minister Stephen Kinnock calling for an inquiry into private cataract surgery companies following a Sunday Times investigation:



Five private companies were paid Ā£536m by the NHS for outsourced eye care in 23/24. Of the Ā£536m, Ā£68m went to private equity debts and a whopping 32% - Ā£169m - in profit. A clear case study in how NHS privatisation leaks money away from care. Report: theguardian.com/society/2025/mā¦
