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Areas it operates in include the following: health, defence, transport, prisons, education, aviation and leisure. | Areas it operates in include the following: health, defence, transport, prisons, education, aviation and leisure. | ||
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| + | Serco health employs over 300 doctors and nurses in primary care and community health services, including out of hours care. Serco also provides facilities management in three NHS hospitals and prison health care. | ||
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| + | It was beaten by [[Circle]] in a bid to be the first private healthcare company to run an NHS hospital.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11838687 Private firm becomes first to run NHS hospital], BBC. 25 Nov 2010</ref> | ||
==Controversy== | ==Controversy== | ||
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==People== | ==People== | ||
*[[Stephanie Elsy]], UK director of government relations. | *[[Stephanie Elsy]], UK director of government relations. | ||
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| + | ==Contacts== | ||
| + | Url:www.serco.com | ||
===Notes=== | ===Notes=== | ||
Revision as of 11:33, 2 December 2010
Serco is a giant outsourcing company operating in the UK, described as ""probably the biggest company you've never heard of."[1]
Areas it operates in include the following: health, defence, transport, prisons, education, aviation and leisure.
Healthcare
Serco health employs over 300 doctors and nurses in primary care and community health services, including out of hours care. Serco also provides facilities management in three NHS hospitals and prison health care.
It was beaten by Circle in a bid to be the first private healthcare company to run an NHS hospital.[2]
Controversy
PR Week reported in November 2010:
- "Outsourcing giant Serco is on the hunt for fresh public affairs support as it seeks to restore its reputation in Westminster following a barrage of negative headlines. Serco... has been attacked for the manner in which it conducts negotiations with suppliers. Last week, the company was forced to apologise for demanding cash rebates from its biggest suppliers in an attempt to help it deliver the Government's cost savings. According to reports, Serco's stance angered Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude because the Government had agreed with Serco that the cuts would come from its own profit margins, rather than those of suppliers and sub-contractors.[3]
Lobbying
Serco employed lobbying firm Fleishman-Hillard for a 'specific lobbying issue' until 2010. It was reported that Serco is planning to hold a pitch at the end of November 2010 for a lobbying firm.
People
- Stephanie Elsy, UK director of government relations.
Contacts
Url:www.serco.com
Notes
- ↑ Jane Martinson, Happy, touchy feel and driven by god, The Guardian, 24 February 2006
- ↑ Private firm becomes first to run NHS hospital, BBC. 25 Nov 2010
- ↑ David Singleton, Under-fire Serco calls for help with lobbying, Pr Week, 12 Nov 2010
