Circle won’t benefit from Hinchingbrooke loan

Circle Healthcare, the private hospital provider, which runs Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust, has denied that it will receive any benefit if the Trust is granted a £3.5m working capital loan from the Department of Health. A spokesman explained that the money would go directly to the Trust to refurbish its critical care facilities and would be ring-fenced and not for the benefit of Circle’. He explained: This refurbishment was a long-standing plan from before Circle took over the franchise. Hospitals across the country apply for similar capital funding on similar terms every year and this is no different.’