GP condemns ConDems
A leading GP has hit out at the coalition government’s radical plans for the NHS.
Dr George Rae warned that privatising the health service will result in a two-tiered approach where patients’ bank balances, as opposed to needs, are the biggest factor.
There is a huge risk in letting private companies run healthcare," he said. "It creates a market, but patients are not commodities.
He went on to warn that the moves could be the equivalent of the subprime mortgage disaster which precipitated the global economic crisis. "There could be a subprime for the health service,” he said. “The NHS is social glue. We could lose a fabric of the nation and run the risk of losing a vital part of society."
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