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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Denis Campbell

Britain’s biggest chain of GP surgeries accused of ‘profiteering’

Keep Our NHS Public holds a protest outside the offices of Operose Health in April 2021.
Keep Our NHS Public holds a protest outside the offices of Operose Health, owned by US private healthcare giant Centene, in April 2021. Photograph: Guy Smallman/Getty Images

Britain’s biggest chain of GP surgeries has been accused of putting profits before proper care by getting staff who are not fully qualified family doctors to assess patients.

An investigation by the BBC’s Panorama programme found that Operose Health was using physician associates to undertake appointments because they are cheaper to employ than GPs.

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