Stop the NHS White Paper that promises further privatisation

It has been proved during the pandemic, that having an integrated system in health care and social care is much better for the country. The integrated system was broken to some degree by the last Social Care bill and this bill is designed to, once again, break the system further, allowing even more private enterprise to be involved in the NHS. My opinion is that this will give us a much less integrated system and allow private companies to make profits at the expense of the NHS. It has been reported that at the beginning of the pandemic, contracts arranged through private enterprise were not in the public domain and much money was wasted. I say NO to this bill and I feel sure that the majority of the electorate feel the same.

Keep the NHS out of private hands. They do a fantastic job especially through this pandemic

Halt this slide to further privatisation of the NHS.

Save OUR NHS.

STOP privatisation.

Don't want to see the social principles of the NHS compromised through having overseas company executives sitting on health boards, or valuable funds being syphoned off to provide profits and dividends for private companies or individuals.

No part of the NHS should be privatised.

To improve NHS it should stay to public not profit!

we must keep the NHS fully publi

The complete INTEGRATION of ALL care (from cradle to grave!) should be our goal NOT the further DEMOLITION of OUR NHS!!!

Most privatisations have been unsuccessful and always have needed support from Govt with profits going to fat cats and /or tory supporters even when they failed.

Sadly thousands of families will have very little idea of just what they are going to lose.In my school days it was not unusual fo you to find that friemd after friend had died, illnesses like ScarlFever Measles, diphtheria, polio and TB were common but there was no money to pay Dr's bills, no NHS, only the prople who could afford to pay were able to visit a Dr. - they simply died, suffering often.If NHS is privatised - already happening - no Paramedics will appear in ambulances,unless you have medical Insurance for each member of a family, which few of us will be able to afford, it will be a DIY job on the roadside if you're lucky and Tories won't give a damn, they've been making that very clear for years but since 2010,start of Univ.credit it has been there for us all to see and recognisewhat their intention has always been, I've paid NHS contribution since 1951 but there is a dwindling number of people who can remember what life was like with no NHS

No privatisation for greedy individuals.

Do I want my taxes to go towards helping people in need or shareholders pockets?

Hmmmmmmm

The NHS belongs to the citizens of the United Kingdom. There is no way it will become a private company's means of making a profit. HANDS OFF

We must stop this white paper and keep the NHS in the public domain.

This must stop-- immediately!

No Privatisation of NHS. It belongs to us people.

This sneaky way of privatising the NHS must stop.

This Bill must be stopped. Our publicly-owned and run NHS is the most cost-effective and efficient health system in the world, we must keep it that way. There is no place for profit in the NHS.

It is clear that internal markets as a system are hampering the smooth running of the NHS. A small example-it is ridiculous for instance that a hospital Consultant 's prescription is not accepted at a high street pharmacy. Private companies should not be allowed any access to tax-payers' money yet they are currently. There is still no proper system in this Bill for the NHS to work with social care providers. None of this so-called reform does anything other than take control further from local stake holders and increase the role of private profit- takers. This must stop

The NHS is a public service not a company for profit. A very dangerous bill for the people of the UK.

If you do this you will be lying again!

Despite the government denying at the time of brexit that this would not lead to privatisation of the NHS,this is now happening.

OUR NHS THAT WE THE TAXPAYERS PAY FOR IS NOT FOR PROFIT AND ESPECIALLY NOT FOR OVERSEAS PROFIT. ANY SURPLUSSES OR PROFIT SHOULD BE RETURNED TO THE NHS OR OUR EXCHEQUER. WE DO NOT WANT OUR NHS BECOMING A CASH COW FOR ANYBODY.

As a retired nurse who worked in the NHS the thought of money making American style health, I can’t put care because that’s not how it works is terrifyingThis white paper must be

stopped. Please don’t make health care available to only the rich.

As I understand it, the proposed bill is contrary to the spirit of the NHS which provides free treatment at the point of delivery. Indeed it may lead, if passed, to many people having no right to treatment, as in the United States, as they will be unable to afford health insurance, and further, insurance companies are unlikely to provide cover for pre-existing conditions. This Government is already in danger of betraying our health workers after a year of trauma and exhaustion having praised them to the hilt only to reward them with a derisory pay award. It would be wrong for the NHS to be influenced in its decision-making by vested interests whose only aim will be to make profits for themselves without regard for the health of the nation. We have had re-organisation after re-organisation, to no avail just wasting resources. Our NHS has been the envy of the world in the past. Give it a decent budget and leave it to get on with what it does best, taking care of the health of the nation. Maybe then it would be the envy of the world again.

Before the pandemic there were 40,00 vacancies for nurses and 10000 vacancies for doctors in the NHS.

Attract more of these professionals by not charging them fees for their training. give them grants to live on as well.

People before profit.

Not all things American is good. Keep faith with the NHS.

These plans are both outrageous and dangerous and need to be stopped. How much more evidence do we need to show that outsourcing and privatisation of public services does not work?> This is, yet again, the putting of ideological dogma ahead of considering the evidence.

Please stop the NHS White Paper Bill, it could put healthcare out of reach to thousands of people who could not otherwise afford HealthCare!

I was born a couple of months after the NHS was started. I'm a Type 1 diabetic and if it was not for the NHS when I was 14 (when dianosied) I would not be alive today. In addition when I had my first Cataret operation the consultant made a mistake when inserting the new lens. This resulted in another problem to that eye. This has resulted in many operations having to be undertaken since then. The last op happened because I was going blind in my right eye. Fortunately for me a Consultant at Moorfields Hospital di a cone operation on this eye and although not perfect I do now have a degree of sight in that eye.

Something that never used to be able to happen and many diabetics were normally blind before they were 40. Therefore I have an extremely strong reason for retaining the NHS exactly as it is now. Although not hard up I could never afford any sort Of PRIVATE HEALTH CARE - the prescriptions for my diabetic care is unbelievably expensive, which would prove to much for me to buy.

I have lived for many years in America. We must not let privatization go ahead in this country. It will be such a retrograde step.

This legislation ignores under-staffing and under-funding which are the causes of all NHS problems.

It opens up further opportunities for corrupt and incompetent private companies.

Top down management restructuring has cost the NHS so many millions over the past decade , and has not improved services to patients.

Enough is enough!

White Paper – Change 22 March 2021

Involved with the NHS as volunteer for over 42 years, formed local charity, raised money, purchased medical equipment (£5m+) which benefits the local community enabling the setting up of several different units - mammography, CT Scanner, endoscopy unit, HDU, Acute Stroke Unit, ultrasound scanners. White paper must be withdrawn and re-written to include health and social care and re-thought as solely an NHS excluding private enterprise reaping rewards from profits made possible by the public. All profits should be ploughed back into improving services and equipment for NHS to benefit patients. The pandemic has shown how private companies/individuals have reaped in thousands of pounds profit to our detriment and with no care or thought for the patient.

Over 42 years fundraising. Purchased £5m plus medical equipment for local hospital. Private companies/individuals representing private companies should not sit on ICS or be involved in any NHS decision making. Could lead to rationing of services to the detriment of patients who have contributed for many years through National Insurance Stamp. In return we expect a good health service not a rationed one enabling profits to go to private companies who have played no part in putting money in. This was evident during the pandemic when companies secured contracts with no checks made and without any competition delivering inferior items of no use at our expense. All profits must be returned to the NHS to improve services to the general public, to secure the latest in medical technology, employ more doctors and nurses to benefit the general public who have helped pay for it not to line pockets of private companies, individuals and their shareholders.

Management teams have changed over the years from the District Management Team (DMT) who controlled a few hospitals to Clinical Commissioning Groups who in our area amalgamated recently to save money sharing services like HR, Communications and now another layer CCG controlling 5 original CCGs below them. The DMT has always been loitering in the background albeit a change in name. Each starts off as a small unit expanding over the years and with this latest CCG more administrative staff seem to be growing.

People from the community were invited to attend meetings to discuss how the different services should run under the heading Pathways i.e. orthopaedic pathway. These initially were well supported, people eager to help but soon realising it was already decided and they were wasting their time. Consultants were called in to run these sessions.

A consultation was held for two years on the siting of a new acute hospital for the sickest 15% from the two hospitals involved with the remaining 85% of the community staying at their local downgraded hospitals. This started off well but then consulting firms at great expense were called in to research the subject which those attending could have told them for free. People who were keen to give their views and help gradually dropped out and the final choice was what most people did not want due to access. They should use the millions due to be spent on a new acute hospital which will be shared with the Royal Marsden as it needs a general hospital on making the two original hospitals fit to be acute hospitals with full A&E Departments.

The pandemic came at the right time to start afresh with patients occupied by Covid 19. A conference and exhibition took place to discuss a new way of accessing a GP. Several companies put forward their plan. Appointments would be by text, telephone, email or virtual. The GP would respond and if necessary arrange for a virtual appointment. No allowance was apparently given for people who do not have computers or smart phones. This method has been forced on patients (people think it is because of the pandemic but it has been long in the planning) as all GP appointments were suddenly telephone ones and face to face only as a last resort. Many things could be missed when making the diagnosis which would only be noticed face to face.

Hospitals are already telling patients to make an appointment to be seen in A&E. Accidents are not arranged but happen with help often needed quickly. This past year since the pandemic started patients who need three monthly hospital appointments are having them cancelled time and time again (some with heart, breathing or respiratory problems) ending up not seeing a consultant for over a year. This will happen as a means of saving money if private companies are involved.

Testing at swabbing centres for Covid 19 like Chessington run by Deloitte and Serco were often devoid of patients (this was shown on national television, national and local press). These companies were being paid to offer a service and taking money under false pretences. People could not get an appointment there and had to travel a long distance to receive this.

Private companies or individuals associated with them should not be able to sit on decision making boards. American company McKinsey’s associates have for some years been infiltrating hospitals, becoming board members for a term before moving on to another hospital getting on boards and having access to confidential financial information. Some are classed as Financial Advisors. This should not be allowed. There are probably other American, foreign or even British companies doing the same with a view to stripping off assets and any profits making the hospital unviable like is happening to GP surgeries in England already. It is the poor patient who suffers not the private company running services who are the winners and walking away with thousands of pounds. Continually cancelling patients appointments is one way which does not do anything for the patient’s health. It could make them have to resort to private care which many can ill afford. This could be another asset for the private company which has a practice just waiting to see them.

During the pandemic large contracts have been handed out without any competition which often means more contracts for connected people. In some cases the goods have been inferior and of no use.

The White Paper must be withdrawn immediately.

Stop this privatisation of our NHS it does not belong to you it belongs to all of us. I live in Britain and admire our NHS as do nations that don't have proper healthcare. We don't want an american health insurance NHS.

Please reject this bill in its entirety, it will make a poorly funded situation so much worse. Already there are procedures not available on the NHS, where do ordinary people on average or low incomes go ? They will just have to put up with and suffer uncomfortable to even painful conditions. It takes us back to pre Bevan, Great Britain will have many areas that have worse health and health- care than third world countries.

After promising the NHS was not for sale this white paper comes along.There should be no profit to be made;all money should be invested in the NHS?

The NHS only works as a comprehensive system only as Beveridge devised it, a patchwork of private and restricted treatments mingled with public treatments undermines the efficacy, will lead to long term health degradation and if slide rules be out add greatly to future costs.The ethics of need stand alone and are unimpeachable, will remain so and would shame us to think of change

Profiteering from I'll health is diabolical. Put people before profits every time.