{"id":12792,"date":"2011-11-10T14:45:57","date_gmt":"2011-11-10T14:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=12792"},"modified":"2011-11-10T14:45:57","modified_gmt":"2011-11-10T14:45:57","slug":"questions-on-hinchingbrooke-hospital-how-can-privatisation-fit-into-the-nhs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2011\/11\/10\/questions-on-hinchingbrooke-hospital-how-can-privatisation-fit-into-the-nhs\/","title":{"rendered":"Questions on Hinchingbrooke Hospital – how can privatisation fit into the NHS?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I posted about the ten year deal <\/a>transferring\u00a0management\u00a0of Hinchingbrooke hospital in Huntingdon to a private,\u00a0offshore\u00a0controlled, company this morning.<\/p>\n

Now a\u00a0commentator <\/a>on this blog has asked the questions which seem to need\u00a0answers\u00a0so I thought I would give them broader publicity.<\/p>\n

There are a lot of questions that arise from this deal.<\/p>\n

1) Hinchingbrooke has a PFI scheme, who is liable for that?<\/p>\n

2) Hinchingbrooke has a private patient unit, will its profits go into the trust, or into Circle?<\/p>\n

3) The trust is not a Foundation Trust, but it will have to be because the Health and Social Care Bill abolishes the status of NHS Trust, so Hinchingbrooke will have to become an FT or become a private hospital. FT\u2019s have a membership (anyone over 16 in the area can be a member) who elect governors and the governors appoint the non-executive directors and the chair of the trust. Governors hire and fire NEDs and they can force the chief executive to resign. If Circle is taking over the management, and given a 10 year deal, does this mean that future FT governors will not be able to fire Circle? If not, then what is the point of them?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Anyone know?<\/p>\n

Another comment <\/a>made an equally pertinent point, which is that a ten year deal manes that the next\u00a0government\u00a0can do nothing at all about this. I predicted such a stitch up by the Tories some time ago and it's no\u00a0surprise\u00a0that this is exactly what they're doing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I posted about the ten year deal transferring\u00a0management\u00a0of Hinchingbrooke hospital in Huntingdon to a private,\u00a0offshore\u00a0controlled, company this morning. Now a\u00a0commentator on this blog has asked
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