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THE takeover of GP practices in London by a US health insurance giant will be subject to judicial review after the public raised more than £70,000 to support the case, Unite confirmed today.
Campaigners stress that the move is vital to counter a creeping privatisation of the NHS in England, and to address the lack of consultation with patients during the acquisition.
Earlier this year, Centene Corporation’s UK subsidiary Operose Health took over privately owned AT Medics, which was set up in 2004 by six NHS GPs and now runs 37 GP practices across the capital.
In the second part of her critique of Wes Streeting’s TenYear Plan for Health, HELEN MERCER looks at the central planks of this privatisation blueprint
Politicians who continue to welcome contracts with US companies without considering the risks and consequences of total dependency in the years to come are undermining the raison d’etre of the NHS, argues Dr JOHN PUNTIS