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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rebecca Thomas and Alicja Hagopian

Hospital group agreed six-figure bonuses for bosses – while warning it would stop paying for patients’ drugs

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A scandal-hit private hospital group faced such a severe financial crisis that it warned it would stop paying for patients’ drugs and food, as well as agency staff – but still agreed bonuses worth hundreds of thousands of pounds for executives, The Independent can reveal.

Active Care Group, which provides hospital and care beds to hundreds of NHS and social care patients, warned it would not be able to care for people if new bank loans were not urgently secured.

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