NHS Under Siege: Private Equity Takes Records, Staffing Threatened, Collapse Warning

US private equity giant TPG has bought Optum UK for £300m, gaining control of the EMIS system used by over half of all GP practices in England. Doctors and MPs are demanding scrutiny of a deal that hands millions of patient records to a firm whose overseas hospitals allegedly pushed patients into debt. The Doctors' Association UK warns the public found out only "after the fact," with no parliamentary oversight.

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