The first privately run NHS hospital, Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Cambridgeshire, has claimed that waiting times, cost savings and care have all improved under the new management.

The Hospital has been run by the private company Circle since February over a 10-year contract.

The hospital prior to the takeover had been identified as failing to offer effective clinical care as well as being financially unviable.

Circle chief executive Ali Parsa described how the hospital had been improved. “You let the doctors and nurses and the healthcare professionals - who know the patient best and who know their services best - and let them take charge.”

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