Ultimately, private providers have their shareholders’ interests at heart, not their patients’. A GP and celebrated writer shares his experiences of how the healthcare system works
To me avarice seems not so much a vice as a deplorable piece of madness
Sir Thomas Browne, Religio Medici 11:13
A few years ago I was asked if I’d consider working in a private GP clinic – one of those city-centre enterprises with a sleek logo, an expensive address and an eye on the wallets of bankers. I had a part-time job in the NHS at the time, and was looking for a bit of extra work: I wondered if the clinic would be a rewarding place to do it. At their invitation I went for a look around. The convenience of its location was indisputable, its decor was immaculate and its clinical standards, I was assured, were irreproachable. Towards the end of my tour I asked one of the GPs about their procedure for writing private prescriptions.
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