Why it’s dishonest to claim that the NHS isn’t being privatised
To hold ideological support for the privatisation is one thing, but to pretend it isn’t happening is a far more insidious lie.
To hold ideological support for the privatisation is one thing, but to pretend it isn’t happening is a far more insidious lie.
Lesley Griffiths explains the Welsh Labour line on the NHS, and how it plans to fight the increasing marketisation at the core of Tory plans for the service
The Conservatives’ dependence on the ‘grey vote’ and on their think tank apparatus may mean they are committed to ever increasing expenditures in future.
The health bill will be a disaster for the NHS. What the NHS needs is appropriate reform and proper accountability – but definitely not the opening up of the market.
At Prime Minister’s Questions today, David Cameron complained of “roadblocks” to reform of the NHS, but at first did not refer directly to the BMA.