The NHS paid private hospitals £2bn in the pandemic: did taxpayers get value for money? ======================================================================================== This article* (BMJ* 2023;380:p329, doi:[10.1136/bmj.p329](http://www.bmj.com/lookup/doi/10.1136/bmj.p329), published 15 February 2023) has been updated to clarify that the name of the organisation is Nuffield Health rather than Nuffield.