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Unions and patient groups urge new NHS England boss to rule out private finance
A general view of the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, which was financed by private finance initiative

UNIONS, patient and staff groups have urged the NHS’s new chief executive to rule out a return to private finance to the health service.

Unite, GMB, Keep Our NHS Public, We Own It, Just Treatment and doctors-led group EveryDoctor warned Sir James Mackay that the move would be repeat a historic failure and be an “irreconcilable” conflict with the NHS’s public service ethos.

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