I may be getting this wrong but the following items from today?s Observer are a cause for concern if correct.
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After the new bill goes through Parliament the Heath Secretary will no longer have a duty to provide medical aid/treatment free at the point of use and no legal responsibility for any problems in the NHS. The responsibility will be that of unelected boards or the private company running a hospital.
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Private companies can bid to run (some ?) hospitals and make a profit.
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Their will be no cap on the amount of private operations in NHS hospitals which obviously will reduce the number of operations available to everyone else and increase profits.
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The targets for time waiting for operations is going to be watered down or even removed (as in Thatcher?s day)