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<p><strong> </strong></p><p>National Health Service patients are benefitting from
an unprecedented partnership with private hospitals as we battle the COVID-19 outbreak.
The Department and NHS England and NHS Improvement have worked with the independent
sector to secure all appropriate inpatient capacity and other resource across England.</p><p>Information
on the number of NHS patients treated by each private hospital under the arrangements
announced on 21 March 2020 for the provision of healthcare services and facilities
to support the COVID-19 response is not available. However, latest collected information
shows that over 215,000 patient contacts nationally had taken place under the contract</p><p><br>
Recoverable costs payable to each independent sector hospital provider are paid on
account, with reconciliation adjustments made on a monthly basis to reflect actual
recoverable costs incurred by the provider as verified by KPMG on NHS England’s behalf
on an open book basis and in accordance with <em>International Financial Reporting
Standards</em> accounting principles.</p>
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