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NHS campaigners: Roles of private firms in healthcare cannot be reduced without scrapping Cameron-era privatisation policies
POTENTIAL reforms to the NHS will not reduce the role of private firms in healthcare unless Cameron-era privatisation policies are scrapped completely, campaigners warned today.
The government is planning to give ministers more control over NHS England with new laws to block the closure of hospitals and centralise decision-making, according to a leaked draft white paper.
The proposals would reportedly reduce the role of the private sector in the healthcare service, reversing legislation introduced by former PM David Cameron’s administration, which gave clinicians control over budgets and encourages competition with the private sector.
Instead, the new policy would see the NHS and local councils running services and encourage them to work together more effectively.
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