As the NHS turns 75 we must fight like fury to defend it from Tory austerity | Record View
The National Health Service is the UK’s greatest post-war achievement and unites the country in our love for it.
And the dedication and compassion of our nurses, doctors and allied health workers is truly world class. But as it celebrates its 75th birthday, the future of our NHS is not assured. Under Tory PM David Cameron’s Health and Social Care Act of 2012 in England there has been intense pressure brought to bear on NHS trusts to outsource services the state provides to “for profit” providers.
Between 2013 and 2020, £11.5billion was handed to private companies to provide NHS services by the UK Government – with a massive chunk going to line the pockets of fatcats from abroad whose interest in the health of the UK is purely financial. Our sickest people are having to wait hours beyond what is safe at A&E with many stuck in the back of ambulances with no room for them in hospital. Delayed discharges are worsening, while the numbers having their operations cancelled has risen by almost a quarter in a single month.
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