Responding to the transfer of more than 700 staff at Chesterfield Royal Hospital Trust to a new private arm’s-length company this week
privatisation
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Smooth handover now needed and assurances about jobs after privatisation failure
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NAO report shows failures of privatised probation contracts
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It is simply horrific. It’s unlikely that such a distressing situation would have happened had the service remained in-house.
Under a Labour government the NHS and the dedicated people that work for it would at long last receive the proper investment and respect they deserve.