HINCHINGBROOKE: Health department says Circle hospital contract decision ‘disappointing’

The Department for Health has said it is disappointed at Circle’s decision.

Whitehall has responded to the private company’s announcement to pull out of Hinchingbrooke Hospital three years into a 10-year contract with dismay.

A spokesman for the Government department said: “We’re disappointed Circle has made this decision.

“There will now be a managed transfer of the running of the trust and patient care will not be affected.”