Privateer Coperforma stripped of contract
A FAILED health service transport privateer in Sussex is getting the chop, with the work being transferred to the NHS ambulance service.
The decision was welcomed by general union GMB, which accused contractor Coperforma of “inexperience, financial mismanagement and corporate bullying,” as well as failing to pay subcontractors.
Seventy staff will transfer from Coperforma to the NHS.
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