Taken from info.gov.za. The Settlers PPP hospital is opening tomorrow - it's a private public partnership with Nalithemba hospitals and Netcare. The announcement has this to say about the nature of PPPs
Private partnerships and collaboration in the health sector is important and timely in light of the challenges the public sector is facing in healthcare finance, management and provision. Many governments are confronted by fiscal constraints that force them to carefully prioritise and restrict public expenditures.
Moreover, many public health systems are already indebted and face further fiscal pressures, such as the need to provide care to increasingly aging populations, improve quality, or invest in often expensive medical treatment and technology advances.
Turning to the private sector can, when appropriately structured and executed, help address specific cost and investment challenges, deliver improvements in efficiency (for example: improved service provision and management at reduced costs) and enhance service quality (for example: increased expertise, more rapid and substantial investments in infrastructure and new medical technologies, a potential to attract and retain better performing staff).
OK - let's see a few more then
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