independent sector
No recent discussions or decisions regarding the independent sector, private healthcare providers, are reported in the supplied material.
The provided material does not contain any recent discussions or decisions by councils concerning the independent sector, which refers to private healthcare providers that can be contracted by NHS trusts to increase capacity. No recent stories or upcoming meetings mention this topic.
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