A hospital trust which is £135million in debt has sparked fury by handing a whopping £600million contract to Serco.
Debt-ridden Barts Health NHS Trust is already in Financial Special Measures because of its alarming cash crisis.
Barts – which cares for 2.5million people in London – has the largest debt in the history of the NHS .
But it has triggered fresh concerns about its financial management by giving outsourcing giant Serco a 10-year contract to run its hospital facilities.
It is the biggest deal the company has won since 2014…read more
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