GP-led local NHS bodies forced to put health services out to tender

[Northerner]

Many GP-led local NHS bodies are being forced to put health services out to tender despite government assurances that that would not happen.

New research by Health Service Journal shows that 29.1% of the leaders of 93 clinical commissioning groups (CCG) which responded to a survey said had opened up, or were opening up, services to competition which they would not have done if they were not concerned about the impact of new rules contained in the controversial Health and Social Care Act.

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/apr/04/gp-local-nhs-forced-health-services-tender

 

[AlisonM]

Privatisation by stealth. They can't force it on the country any other way than by the back door.