GP contracts worth £10m awarded without proper checks

GP contracts worth £10m awarded without proper checks

The contracts were awarded to widely criticised provider eHarley Street, which has since handed all of the GP surgeries back

Watchdog criticises health board over £10m GP contract checks

A HEALTH board has been criticised by Audit Wales after GP contracts worth more than £10m were awarded without sufficient due diligence checks. Aneurin Bevan University Health Board allowed a GP partnership associated with eHarley Street Primary Care Solutions to take on eight GP contracts in south-east Wales, with a combined annual value of around £10.1m. Audit Wales said the board should have carried out greater scrutiny before approving the a…