A hospital in Cambs was one of the worse and now is one of the best, why? Because it was privatised.
There is a story about this in the link below that also takes in the bigger picture about the needs for public sector reform and more private sector involvement.
We have to remember though - this is just about more effective public spending by expanding the 'secondary public sector' and nothing really to do with the 'real' private sector, the wealth creating side on which recovery really depends.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/9444500/A-revolution-on-the-wards-that-could-heal-our-public-services.html