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Three in four British people do not want US firms to run NHS services
THREE-QUARTERS of Britain’s people do not want US private healthcare firms to gain more opportunity to run NHS services, a new poll suggests.
More than 1,000 people were questioned by Survation for a poll commissioned by campaign group We Own It, amid fears that future trade deals could see overseas healthcare companies from granted more access to bid for NHS contracts.
There are also concerns that such privatisation could be “locked in” by international treaties, making it more difficult for any future government to reverse it.
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