Scrap laws driving privatisation of health service, say NHS bosses

[Northerner]

NHS bosses have urged ministers to scrap controversial legislation that has led to the widespread privatisation of healthcare as part of a major revamp of the health service.

NHS England outlined detailed plans that would repeal key parts of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 in order to squeeze out private providers such as Virgin Care and let the NHS again deliver more of its own care.

Their proposals include axing regulations that have allowed profit-driven health firms to win an estimated £10.5bn of NHS contracts in England in the five years after the act came into force in April 2013.

At its monthly board meeting on Thursday, NHS England published proposals which, if taken forward by ministers – who are supportive – would unwind and dismantle large parts of the shake-up instigated by Andrew Lansley, who from 2010 to 2012 was the coalition government’s health secretary.

https://www.theguardian.com/society...rivatisation-of-health-service-say-nhs-bosses

 

[mikeyB]

Quite. And in case anyone forgets, the Lib Dems sat on their thumbs and let Lansley massacre NHS England.

Mind you, they are almost as forgotten as Lansley himself.

It must be screamingly obvious that you can’t hive off bits to private concerns, because you lose the day to day control and supervision. And that starts with the cleaners.

 

[trophywench]

…… and ends with the carpark operators who decided to instal ANPR systems at our local - University ie 'teaching' - hospital who somehow managed to wire their system up, into the separate supply that otherwise was only used by only one bit of the hospital complex, so that shouldn't cause a problem, should it?

Until it was discovered that the little bit of the hospital that happened to be using it - was the Operating Suite ……

Ah well - the right people lost the revenue from the parking for a week or so, anyway.