High Court battle against NHS ‘stealth privatisation’

A clinical commissioning group failed to consult the public before it allowed a US company to take control of doctor’s surgeries in a case condemned by campaigners as NHS ‘privatisation by stealth.’ Anjna Khurana, a Labour member of Islington Council, is applying for a judicial review against North Central London Clinical Commissioning Group (NCLCCG) and NHS England. Ms Khurana says patients were not told about the takeover of their local surgeries in London until after the event. The US healthcare…