Is the NHS being privatised?
The NHS is being sold off piecemeal by stealth. Private companies are bidding for contracts to provide services for profit.
Born in the Midlands and read Natural Sciences at Cambridge. After a year teaching in Cameroon, switched to medicine, with clinical studies at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, qualifying in 1970. In 1975, spent 3 months as a locum GP in Australia then 2 years as Medical Officer in Turkana, Kenya. From 1977 to 2003, GP with Bowthorpe and Trinity Practice, Norwich. Involved with campaigning for the NHS since 2011.
The NHS is being sold off piecemeal by stealth. Private companies are bidding for contracts to provide services for profit.
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