Care UK buys Harmoni, the firm that beat it to NHS phonelines

Care UK has paid £48m for England's biggest out-of-hours GP service, Harmoni, in a deal to create a new private health concern that could treat 15 million patients.

Harmoni, a former GP co-operative, was the largest private firm providing out-of-hours services and won 12 NHS contracts to run the new non-emergency 111 health phone lines – beating a joint bid from Care UK and Capita. Last year it had revenues of £100m from the NHS.

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