Patients forced to make appointments to boost profits, says Labour MP

Patients forced to make appointments to boost profits, says Labour MP Paula Sherriff says her former employer Virgin Care insisted on extra consultations at expense of taxpayer and patient safety

Healthcare provider Virgin Care has been forcing patients to attend extra appointments to boost profits, says former employee and the Labour MP for Dewsbury, Paula Sherriff.

Speaking in the House of Commons, where she was protected from possible legal action by parliamentary privilege, Sherriff accused Virgin Care of insisting on “extra consultations before surgery, boosting their profits at the expense of the taxpayer and patient safety”. Continue reading... The Guardian