GP practice taken over by Virgin Care goes from outstanding to inadequate in under two years

[Northerner]

A GP practice taken over by Virgin Care has been placed in special measures after going from an official rating of “outstanding” to “inadequate” in less than two years despite increased funding.

The Sutherland Lodge practice in Chelmsford, Essex, was taken over by the private provider in July 2016 after the previous partners handed back their contracts following £400,000 funding cuts to their contract with NHS England.

Prior to Virgin Care taking over, the practice was among the 4 per cent rated outstanding across England. But an inspection report published on 14 May by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) reveals that Sutherland Lodge is now rated inadequate overall. The report is based on an inspection carried out in December 2017 – just 18 months after Virgin Care took over the practice.

https://inews.co.uk/news/health/virgin-care-gp-practice-rated-inadequate/

 

[Mark T]

Fortunately this isn't my surgery - but I know where it is. Some quite worrying things that were reported.

 

[trophywench]

Well it strikes me that if the GPs who were providing the excellent service, knew they couldn't provide it for £400k a year less so 'resigned' - how the hell did the stupid NHS think anyone else was going to do it for that?

ie I'm not at all surprised.

 

[mikeyB]

Does Jeremy Hunt think that this represents the standard of NHS service he wants to prevail in his plan to privatise the whole thing?

You can’t make a profit from providing good GP services. It’s a simple fact.