Private company Circle set to take over ailing Hinchingbrooke Hospital Central to its strategy is splitting the Cambridgeshire hospital into clinical units, comprising 50 to 100 staff, which will be responsible for managing the quality of their care and their costs of care. "[Staff] will be responsible for the P&L [profit and loss] of their unit and more importantly, they will be responsible for the clinical outcome and patient experience and they will be judged by what their patients say they do," said Ali Parsa, Circle's managing partner. Mr Parsa, formerly a banker with Goldman Sachs, said: "People on the front line are going to stay where they are." Circle does not expect job losses, but some staff might be retrained or redeployed. Steps are also being taken to improve the hospital food, including bringing in a Michelin-star chef to work alongside staff to overhaul the menus. Aim-listed Circle won the franchise in November 2010 to run Hinchingbrooke after the East of England health authority decided to find a partner to manage the hospital. Circle, which also runs a private hospital in Bath, had been set to take over last June. However, approval of the business case, which shows how the franchise will offer value for money and improve services, was delayed. The Treasury finally gave the franchise the green light in November.