Hinchingbrooke Hospital

Hinchingbrooke Hospital is a small district general hospital in Hinchingbrooke near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire. Opened in 1983, it serves the Huntingdonshire area, and has a range of specialities as well as an Accident and Emergency. It had 310 acute beds in 2007, now reduced to 223, including 24 specifically for day cases. It was formerly administered by Hinchingbrooke Health Care NHS Trust which had long standing financial problems. It was obliged to borrow £27. 3 million in Public Dividend Capital in 2006-7. In 2011 it became the first NHS hospital to be run by a private company, Circle Health. Although the hospital is managed privately, the buildings are still under public ownership by the NHS. This process was widely criticised as a significant step in the privatisation of the NHS in England.

Hinchingbrooke Hospital is a small district general hospital in Hinchingbrooke near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire. Opened in 1983, it serves the Huntingdonshire area, and has a range of specialities as well as an Accident and Emergency. It had 310 acute beds in 2007, now reduced to 223, including 24 specifically for day cases. It was formerly administered by Hinchingbrooke Health Care NHS Trust which had long standing financial problems. It was obliged to borrow £27. 3 million in Public Dividend Capital in 2006-7. In 2011 it became the first NHS hospital to be run by a private company, Circle Health. Although the hospital is managed privately, the buildings are still under public ownership by the NHS. This process was widely criticised as a significant step in the privatisation of the NHS in England.