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A campaign group has vowed to take the NHS to court to block a ?14m contract extension to community health provider Locala.
Health chiefs from North Kirklees and Greater Huddersfield CCGs recently agreed to give the controversial social enterprise a one-year deal without any public tender or consultation exercise.
Locala, which was set up by managers at the now defunct NHS Kirklees, is a not-for-profit company which runs district nursing and a number of community health services such as Kirklees? stop smoking service.
But its founding in 2011 has angered some who see its creation as unethical.
Many of the NHS Kirklees executives who authorised Locala and handed it a ?120m contract went on to become Locala employees and some are now leading other NHS organisations that provide it multi-million contracts.
http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/take-nhs-court-campaign-group-6686287
Health chiefs from North Kirklees and Greater Huddersfield CCGs recently agreed to give the controversial social enterprise a one-year deal without any public tender or consultation exercise.
Locala, which was set up by managers at the now defunct NHS Kirklees, is a not-for-profit company which runs district nursing and a number of community health services such as Kirklees? stop smoking service.
But its founding in 2011 has angered some who see its creation as unethical.
Many of the NHS Kirklees executives who authorised Locala and handed it a ?120m contract went on to become Locala employees and some are now leading other NHS organisations that provide it multi-million contracts.
http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/take-nhs-court-campaign-group-6686287