THE Free State health department is considering an early exit from its public-private partnership (PPP) with Netcare.This emerged on Wednesday when an official made submissions to the Competition Commission’s health market inquiry.The Universitas-Pelonomi Hospital public-private partnership in Bloemfontein is one of the few JSE-listed Netcare has been able to establish in SA. It has two others in the Eastern Cape.The concession for the Universitas-Pelonomi PPP, established in 2002, is due to end in 2022.It was intended to improve the use of government resources and generate income for both parties. Extra revenue accruing to the Free State health department was to have been used to improve services for public-sector patients.Marcus Molokomme, chair of the department’s private facilities advisory committee, said: "There are a lot of lessons we learnt from this PPP." It would cost about R400m to exit the contract early, taking into account penalty fees and legal costs, he said.A review...
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