Virgin set health plans aside

Wed, 01 Oct 2008

A plan announced earlier this year for Virgin Group to enter the health arena by running private GP surgeries throughout the UK has been shelved. Economic conditions and the credit crunch were blamed for the change of plans.

A variety of companies offer private health facilities for private medical insurance policyholders or private clients, but the Virgin Group plan was to take over GP surgeries and take a private interest in primary care.

The former chief executive of Virgin Healthcare, Mark Adams, who is due to step down from the post, blamed the problems on the credit crunch. A trial in Swindon, scheduled for next year, has been dropped.

How the National Health Service will fare as increasing private interest turns to the health sector remains to be seen. A health insurance policy or health cash plan is chosen by many consumers looking for guaranteed quick treatments.
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