It’s the NHS’s birthday - end privatisation!
Doctors, nurses and care staff are working around the clock to keep us safe.
But the government has been cutting and privatising our NHS for years – leaving it unprepared for the coronavirus crisis.
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£9.2 billion a year of the NHS's budget goes to private companies [1]
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Meanwhile, the government is underfunding our NHS – so we have fewer hospital beds than France and Germany [2]
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The privatised NHS Supply Chain failed to get PPE to frontline NHS and care workers [3]
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Now Serco is failing on track and trace, making it harder for us to come out of lockdown safely and hug our loved ones again [4]
84% of us want our NHS in PUBLIC OWNERSHIP, not privatised.
On the NHS’s 72nd birthday, please thank hard working staff by ending privatisation:
- Our NHS should be in charge of this emergency to protect people. Make sure all staff have the PPE and testing they need.
- End outsourcing and bring all NHS staff back into the NHS family.
- Reinstate our NHS as a fully public service.
NHS staff deserve better after everything they’ve done for us.
Let's thank them by putting safety before private profits.
Last signature: Marguerite Dudley, 1 year 5 months ago
More information
[1] Private companies received £9.2 billion in NHS contracts in 2018.
[2] Information on bed numbers can be found from the King's Fund here.
[3] Our recent report - Privatised and unprepared - highlighted how the privatisation of the NHS supply chain contributed to PPE shortages.
[4] More information and our petition to scrap Serco's contract can be found here.