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Government has paid private firms £6.5BILLION during COVID crisis as services struggled | Daily Mail Online
Tussell database reveals:
More than 1,200 deals have been done, often without tendering.
Often Contracts still unpublished https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8646941/Government-paid-private-firms-6-5BILLION-COVID-crisis-services-struggled.html
Tussell database reveals:
More than 1,200 deals have been done, often without tendering.
Often Contracts still unpublished https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8646941/Government-paid-private-firms-6-5BILLION-COVID-crisis-services-struggled.html
Some £2.6billion of contracts were handed out in June alone.
The Department of Health, as the lead department in the crisis, has so far spent £3.6billion on 334 contracts.
£1.77 BILLION for PPE & services (see chart)
The Department of Health, as the lead department in the crisis, has so far spent £3.6billion on 334 contracts.
£1.77 BILLION for PPE & services (see chart)
But public services struggled because the Government has repeatedly stripped them of funds and capacity - and have continued to prefer that state rather than invest and empower them.
Right down to cutting PHE right in the middle of a pandemic.
Right down to cutting PHE right in the middle of a pandemic.
Also, through many of these contracts, as @rowlsmanthorpe has pointed out the Government has been making free with OUR data as patients and beyond as contract sweeteners for pals and cronies.
A couple of days ago we discovered that McKinseyhad been given a licence to use our data for 7 years as part of a Test and Trace associated contract.
Faculty and Palantir have been given licences to use patient data. Seems as if Accenture have too. https://twitter.com/rowlsmanthorpe/status/1296422949302538241
Faculty and Palantir have been given licences to use patient data. Seems as if Accenture have too. https://twitter.com/rowlsmanthorpe/status/1296422949302538241
