Potential bill to buy back ISTCs ‘misleading’ says Partners Network

The NHS Partners Network has criticised reports that the Department of Health (DH) could have to spend millions buying back independent sector treatment centres (ISTCs) at the end of their contract lives as ‘hypothetical’ and ‘misleading’.According to a report in Health Service Journal (HSJ) last month, the ‘residual value guarantees’ included in 14 of the…