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Tuesday 17 August 2010

ConDems dividing & destroying the NHS‏

‘The privatisation of the National Health Service has moved from the back door to the front door. Profits before patients is the agenda for hospitals, now that the coalition Government is in control’ writes Jill Palmer in Tribune: http:/www.tribunemagazine.co.uk/2010/08/17/divide-and-destroy-the-nhs-%e2%80%93-how-deeply-despicable/  ‘Abolishing the private income rules pushes foundation trusts further away from the public sector and into the private market. It is a fundamentally flawed policy that will replace co-operation with competition as hospitals fight for lucrative private contracts. It will divide and destroy the NHS as we know and love it.