Thursday, March 26, 2015

Why patients are campaigning against NHS outsourcing

Thousands of Lewisham residents have signed a letter to save the health service from private market providers, who cut corners to take profits

The Save Lewisham hospital campaign has this month given a very clear message to our clinical commissioning group (CCG): we want care, not competition – do not sacrifice our clinical services to the market.

NHS guidance states: “CCGs must not act in an anti-competitive way unless they can demonstrate it is in the interests of patients.” The campaign believes it is not in patients’ interests for competition to be integral to the NHS and they do not want their services outsourced.

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