{"id":947,"date":"2017-03-18T15:40:49","date_gmt":"2017-03-18T15:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ealingsaveournhs.org.uk\/?p=947"},"modified":"2017-03-17T19:43:17","modified_gmt":"2017-03-17T19:43:17","slug":"stop-privatising-the-nhs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ealingsaveournhs.org.uk\/?p=947","title":{"rendered":"Stop Privatising the NHS!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m_-7385942806093079984yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489765609149_3485\">While the focus is on the massive cuts and closures programme, another nasty process is taking place within the NHS &#8211; privatisation. \u00a0More and more parts of the NHS are now being run by private profit making companies. \u00a0These companies are allowed to use the NHS logo, so it&#8217;s not obvious what&#8217;s going on. For example,the Urgent Care Centre at Ealing Hospital is private, along with many other services.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u00a38.7 billion pounds of NHS money &#8211; our money is now given to private providers to operate services on behalf of the NHS. \u00a0That&#8217;s 7.6 % of the overall budget and it&#8217;s growing all the time.<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-7385942806093079984yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489765609149_3485\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-7385942806093079984yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489765609149_3485\" dir=\"ltr\">Plans to cut and restructure the NHS are being drawn up at great cost &#8211; not by NHS staff, but by private consultancy firms. \u00a0This article shows the fat cats are getting so confident they think it&#8217;s THEIR RIGHT to make profit out of our NHS. \u00a0Just a few miles away from us in Surrey, Virgin are suing the local NHS!<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecanary.co\/2017\/03\/15\/richard-branson-didnt-get-way-now-hes-suing-nhs\/\">Read this article<\/a> to know more<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the focus is on the massive cuts and closures programme, another nasty process is taking place within the NHS &#8211; privatisation. \u00a0More and more parts of the NHS are now being run by private profit making companies. \u00a0These companies are allowed to use the NHS logo, so it&#8217;s not obvious what&#8217;s going on. 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