Hinchingbrooke Health Care NHS trust rated 'inadequate' in quality report It has now been put into special measures by the Care Quality Commission Hours before report released, firm running hospital said it was pulling out Previously, the hospital had been hailed as a miracle cure for the NHS

By Sophie Borland and Daniel Martin for the Daily Mail

Published: 19:03 EST, 9 January 2015 | Updated: 19:18 EST, 9 January 2015

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The first hospital to be run by a private firm has been put into special measures following a damning report by the NHS watchdog.

Hinchingbrooke Health Care NHS trust, in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, was rated inadequate by the Care Quality Commission, which gave it the lowest ever score for patient care.

Hours before the report was published, Circle, the firm which has run the hospital since February 2012, announced it was pulling out.

Staff at Hinchingbrooke Hospital, in Huntingdon, which has been rated inadequate for patient care by the NHS watchdog

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