For this research project, funded by Friends Provident Foundation, the Centre for Health and Public Interest (CHPI) analysed £12 billion of expenditure by NHS England and local NHS bodies – Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) over 2 years. Noting that this is not all of the money spent by the NHS on private companies, CPHI estimates that of this £12 billion, £1.6 billion leaked out in profit to private companies. This research project provides a comprehensive database on NHS expenditure in the private by NHS commissioning bodies which would identify profit extraction at both a national and a local level. It also offers a tool, allowing people to find out how much profit is leaking out in their local area.

Aimed at: Members of the public, politicians and the media.