There are over 72,000 private contracts in the NHS. They have a total value of £130 billion over the period of operation. They have given over £6 billion of profit to shareholders over 10 years.
£6 billion that could have gone into patient care!
The government has just given another £2.5 billion per year to private providers to deal with waiting lists. £2.5 billion that should have gone to the NHS.
GP practices are being taken over by private healthcare corporations: eg Centene, a US healthcare company, runs Thamesmead Health Centre.
Anyone who tells you the private sector will solve the NHS’s problems is lying!
Private companies mean substandard care, and lower wages and working conditions.
Privatisation cherry-picks straightforward operations which can guarantee a profit leaving the NHS to pick up the complicated and expensive cases.
The increase in privatisation is associated with more people dying of treatable causes.
