The NHS should not be privatised by stealth but the blessing of the NHS is that it provides world-class services to all irrespective of ability to pay. That has been and should remain the ethos of the NHS. Healthcare is not a commodity to be marketed to the highest bidders be they domestic or foreign.
We urge the government to
reconsider its plans to once again restructure the NHS without any obvious gains in costs, quality of services and morale of the staff. Reorganisation costs money that could have been spent to increase the wages and salaries of NHS who sacrifices so that we might live during Covid-19.
The Labour Party to build a progressive alliance to vigorously oppose this toxic White Paper. This is a power grab for a Secretary of State for Healthcare and it opens doors to hollowing out the meanings of healthcare for all irrespective of the ability to pay. It also reinterprets what a NHS that is in public hands means.
The public to support the stand against this bad White Paper. This is particularly important for the people who tend to vote Tory. If you are older with multiple comorbidities that are normally associated with age then this bill is manifestly dangerous. We can see what a disaster the market in social care has become, that is the future of healthcare under the Tories.
We urge
young people to vigorously oppose this bill. The people who are dismantling the NHS in the dark are the very ones who had been taken care of by the NHS for the past 70 years. They are also the same people who studied at university for free. Another world is indeed possible. If Covid-19 has taught us anything it is to love and care for more than ourselves, our immediate families and those of our privileged class. Young people the future of the NHS is in your hand. Defend the NHS.
It is all of our duty! Say no to the privatisation of our NHS.