Mid Staffs NHS trust ''may be privatised''
12 September 2012Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Stafford Hospital where over 1,000 patients died unnecessarily, could be privatised, Unison has claimed.
With major debts (it is expected to be £46.6m in the red in 2014/15 and likely to incur debts of £14.5m every year, the trust is being looked at by the foundation trust regulator Monitor.
One option could be to put the trust "in special administration", which the union is suggesting could mean some level of privatisation.
Unison's head of nursing Gail Adams said: "Monitor should not fall into the trap of thinking that the answer to Mid Staffs' problems lie within the private sector.
"Improvements are being made at the hospital, but its problems cannot be solved overnight. The upheaval and uncertainty of turning the hospital over to a private company would only set this vital process back.
