NHS Backlogs Spark £2.7bn Private Healthcare Gold Rush

Private equity firms are pouring billions into UK healthcare as NHS backlogs create a feeding frenzy. Spire Healthcare, Britain's largest private hospital operator with 38 facilities, agreed to a £1bn takeover by Toscafund Asset Management on Sunday — the latest in a string of deals driven by a waiting list that now stands at 7.27 million cases in England.

Vital Signs

• £993m — amount 72 NHS trusts spent on "insourcing" private companies since 2023, per...