The NHS in England is changing. Some patient care is now provided by large multinational companies. Their contracts are funded with taxpayers’ money but it’s their shareholders who get the profits. This is public money which is lost to the NHS. More
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Help us campaign – email your MP today!
An early day motion (EDM) has been launched in Parliament urging Government to halt the commercialisation of NHS patient care. You can email your MP to make sure they support this motion too – it only takes a few seconds. Here’s how:
- Find out who your MP is here.
- Check here to see if your MP has signed the motion.
- If they haven’t, use our lobbying tool to get a message to your MP to sign up here. You’ll find a simple email template already prepared, but you can adapt it to reflect any specific local concerns you may have.
Market reforms are not producing anticipated benefits…
Introducing market forces into the National Health Service has so far failed to bring the anticipated benefits because ministers and Whitehall still exercise too much control, according to a study published today on the impact of competition and choice on the NHS. Read article. See the report here.
Join the march to support our NHS!
The BMA is joining other public service unions and campaigns in a mass march and rally to protest against the privatisation of the welfare state and cuts in services.
The march takes place in London on 10th April from 12.00 p.m. It will be followed by a rally, at which Dr. Hamish Meldrum, BMA Council Chairman, will be among the speakers.
Please put the date in your diary now, let friends and colleagues know, and look out for more details.
More information on the organiser’s website here
