Stop Centene taking over London's GP practices - Bell Ribeiro-Addy

The US health insurance giant Centene is taking over 49 GP practices in London through its UK wing Operose.

Labour MP for Streatham Bell Ribeiro-Addy explains why this privatisation is bad news for our GP practices and why it must be stopped.

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[delmawarden]

We must force our government to stop this tragic sell off of our NHS services.

[colinclarke]

yes you got it! back door to NHS is wide open thanks to this Govt.

[SlayerEddyTV]

This was my mp's response to this.

Dear Mr

Thank you for your email.

While I acknowledge your concern about Centene's involvement in GP surgeries, patient care will not be affected, and all services remain free at the point of delivery. All GP services are actually private companies paid for by the NHS. The partners of the Surgery own the practices and often own several for example in Stevenage most of the GP surgeries are all within three groups.

The NHS has always involved a mixture of public and private provision, and it is absolutely not for sale to private providers. Since the NHS was created, GP surgeries have been opening and closing and transferring ownership amongst the partners that own them.

Best wishes,

Stephen McPartland
Member of Parliament for Stevenage