The Guardian – Tory privatisation linked to increase in NHS death rates
The Guardian – Tory privatisation linked to increase in NHS death rates
The Guardian leads on research that has found that privatisation of the NHS has aligned with a decline in quality and an increase in the rates of death from treatable causes.
The hugely controversial shakeup of the health service in England in 2012 by the health secretary, Andrew Lansley, in the Tory-Lib Dem coalition government, forced local health bodies to put contracts for services out to tender.
Billions of pounds of taxpayers’ cash has since been handed to private companies to treat NHS patients, according to the landmark review.
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