Claim: The Department of Health and Social Care gave private firms a record £9.2 billion in 2018.
Fact-check: Was a record amount spent on private providers by the Department of Health? - Full Fact
Verdict: the department spent £9.2 billion on purchasing health care from private providers in 2018/19. that's a record amount of spending in cash terms, but not in real terms or as a proportion of the department's budget.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Claire Milne
Date published: 2019-07-24T00:00:00