HSJ figures not a ‘fair reflection’ of overall ISTC activity, say providers

The NHS Partners Network has defended the government’s use of independent sector treatment centres (ISTCs) following claims in Health Service Journal (HSJ) that, to date, ISTCs have only performed a fraction of the procedures contracted.NHS Partners Network chairman Tim Elsigood said that since ISTCs were still relatively new and had beenestablished with five-year contracts, any…