The South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre was - and is - located within an existing site of an #nhs hospital with emergency/urgent care facilities. It is operated by the #nhsand services such as cleaning are not contracted out. It was funded by £ 16M. of public capital from the #NationalLoansFund rather than private finance. Despite thus breaking with every #NewLabour principle it has been a great success over nearly two decades.