Academy run schools:  Struggling the same way as ordinary schools and getting Government help with funding. I may be wrong (often am) but I thought the idea of an academy school was to place it in private hands to save tax payers money?
Private patients take a lot of strain off the NHS  is it by using NHS facilities, equipment and personnel? Used to be called 'queue jumping' at one time.   And don't get me started on NHS dentists 
v Private dentists
Private ambulances   29 September 2017 One of the largest providers of private ambulance services in the Eastern region went into administration today.    “We have been very concerned about this company for months.  Both patients and staff have suffered.  We know of numerous cases of vulnerable patients not being collected from hospital and ambulances that failed to meet even basic standards of road worthiness.”   
    
https://eastern.unison.org.uk/news/2...dministration/
It all seems to me to have the look of 'Carillion Mk2'  about it   
