General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

Whups

At the time Hitchingbrooke was a financial basket case under the threat of closure.
The Circle contract obliged them to make £300 million in savings, over the ten year life of the contract, before they earned the franchise fee.
Since then Hitchingbrooke hospital has been merged with another hospital but it's future is still uncertain.
In my view the Circle solution was a groundbreaking attempt to save a local hospital from closure.
The piece below from the Guardian penned by a former Labour MP highlights were the blame lies.


Guardian