Nottingham NHS sell off to private Circle

Over at Nottingham’s so called ‘health economy’ there's another struggle going on out of National public view.

The Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) have contracted a private provider to run The Circle Nottingham Treatment Centre which employs over 150 experienced consultants and performs diagnostics and treats cancer as well as other illnesses.

The new STP arrangements everywhere in England, renamed Integrated Care Organisations and Systems are having to make cuts and Nottingham is no different. So now the CCG wants to procure the contract for less money.

It is on the cards that the private, for-profit company, most famous for handing back the contract for Hinchingbrook Hospital and owned by Toscafund , will sue the CCG.

How can that be fair? What are the odds they’ll win?

This is hot on the heels of the undisclosed sum awarded out of court to Virgin when it challenged NHS England 6 CCGs and the Council, in the Surrey ‘health economy’.

The odds are seemingly, not stacked in NHS hospitals favour, because they are doing more work than they are being paid for. The harsh ‘control totals’ ie permitted spending amount, do not provide enough money to do the job, so they can’t save or ‘increase efficiency’ . Then they are penalised, for not hitting A&E targets for example and previously promised 'Transformation' money withdrawn.

The relentless move to close hospitals goes on. We’ve just found out about South Tyneside’s Save our Hospital campaign, which needs help on crowdjustice.

As Jeremy Hunt says, he wants to re-direct NHS services by suspending tariffs .

It doesn’t really matter what the name is, the plan is the same. STP Integrated Care Systems will mean ‘managed care’ ie less care, fewer services, fewer medics.

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A final tribute?

At the same time as all the hospitals which haven't yet been closed, were full and some patients were experiencing third world conditions, the Department of Health organised an award ceremony. Secretary of State for Health Jeremy Hunt got one for 'services to patient safety.'

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