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To: James Cleverly MP; Vicky Ford MP; Matt Hancock MP, Minister of Health.
Virgin out of Mid-Essex NHS!
Stop selling off GP services to big business, ensure they are locally run.
Why is this important?
Virgin Care is seriously failing people in mid-Essex, with at least two Virgin run GP practices in our area in serious crisis.
Virgin Care took over the Sutherland Lodge Surgery in Great Baddow, Chelmsford, in November 2016. In less than eighteen months this previously well run surgery was rated 'inadequate' in a Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection. https://www.essexlive.news/news/chelmsford-gp-surgery-special-measures-1565229
Now the Virgin Care Church Lane Surgery in Braintree has not only also been rated 'inadequate' in a CQC inspection, it has earned the reputation as the 'worst' GP surgery in the county. https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/what-its-like-patient-essexs-2084755
Virgin Care must be kept away from our NHS. Our NHS needs to be publicly run putting patients first, not run for the greed of big business.
