The big question: are we in or out?
13 September 2012
After an initial rush to outsource services, the public sector has begun to take work back in-house. Andrew Golder looks at why this is happening
North Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust has become the latest public-sector service provider to bring its procurement back in-house after a brief sojourn in the private sector (see News).
In 1999, Warrington Hospital, like other businesses caught up in the outsourcing frenzy...