NHS is being attacked on two fronts

The Socialist Economic Bulletin warns that the NHS is being attacked on two fronts. “First, despite assertions that the NHS is ‘safe in our hands’ and that spending on it was being ‘ring-fenced’, it is now widely understood that real cuts are taking place, even if government speakers insist on calling them £20bn of ‘efficiency savings’. Secondly, the fundamental character of the HNS is being altered, with the Tories seeking the maximum possible role for the private sector”: http://socialisteconomicbulletin.blogspot.com/