Advisers to the Department of Health have given bidders until Friday to submit an offer for a majority stake in NHS Professional , the staffing company that supplies 90,000 doctors and nurses to hospitals across the UK . Companies expected to table bids include recruitment agency Hays , outsourcing giants Healthcare Direct and Serco , along with financial investors , such as Aurelius Equity Opportunities , according to sources in Whitehall . Bids are expected to value NHS Professionals at about £ ##500 m and to be for a 70 % stake , with the government retaining a minority share . Ministers would have "the right to take back ownership of the company in the event of any serious breach of the agreed main objectives", Mr Dunne said last year. The sale is being overseen by accountants firms .
Advisers to the Department of Health have given bidders until Friday to submit an offer for a majority stake in NHS Professional , the staffing company that supplies 90,000 doctors and nurses to hospitals across the UK . Companies expected to table bids include recruitment agency Hays , outsourcing giants Healthcare Direct and Serco , along with financial investors , such as Aurelius Equity Opportunities , according to sources in Whitehall . Bids are expected to value NHS Professionals at about £ ##500 m and to be for a 70 % stake , with the government retaining a minority share . The sale is being overseen by accountants firms .