Tories use pandemic as cover for slashing NHS
Health Secretary Sajid Javid plans to cut the NHS to pay for the Tories’ test and trace fiasco, after the Treasury decided the Department of Health must carry the cost.
Non-emergency ‘elective’ surgery and hospital building will be cut back.
The news comes as the government pushes ahead with its plans to accelerate NHS privatisation and remove scrutiny of the contract award process while converting what’s left of the service to a US-style system of ‘integrated care systems’ that rewards providers for reducing services provided. Unsurprisingly, the conversion plan is supported by Keir Starmer’s right-wing Labour.
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