Some really informative posts from buctootim.
Funny, I have just been watching some daytime television. Someone had a fire at their council flat, the council looked to be doing a great job in looking to quickly sort the flat out, and that of neighbours. Meanwhile, another house had illegally been converted to 6 flats, each of which consisted of basically a room with a few stud walls giving a tiny kitchen, bathroom and bedroom. The tenant in question was on housing benefit, and the landlord was being paid £256 per week for one flat.
My point is, as buctootim says, private doesn't necessarily mean better. The Tory government seem to have a pathological distrust of any public body that isn't there to make a profit. Hospitals are no exception.