This emphasised “competition” between different areas of health and care and ushered in an era of tendering processes where private firms provided much more NHS services for a profit. Campaigners are angry that these boards will include representatives of private health firms as well as clinicians and public health experts. Twelve organisations have today written to the Health Secretary Sajid Javid calling on him to ensure private companies are kept off new NHS decision making boards. The last thing it needs right now is a dangerous overhaul which would put the private sector at the heart of our health service. (Image: PA)Rachel Harrison, national officer for the GMB union, said: “Yesterday the Queen gave NHS staff the George Cross, whilst today the Government is publishing reforms that will further fragment and privatise our NHS.

Source: Daily Mirror July 06, 2021 16:07 UTC