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This from Mr G Goodman, Carisbrooke. Ed
What you do before you privatise is run the National Institution down so it’s on its knees, then you have no choice, but to ask for help. The pandemic has served to speed up this process when it comes to our NHS.
Last week the Health and Care Bill quietly passed through Parliament on its second reading. Our Isle of Wight MP, Bob Seely, needless to say, voted in favour of the Bill. A key component of the Bill will facilitate the opening up of our NHS to private companies, allowing them to bid to provide services.
The new gravy train
With the gravy train of PPE contracts for friends and family having now ended, there will be those looking for a new gravy train.
With an estimated 13 million patients awaiting treatment, and the Treasury coffers now emptied, the only option the government has is to welcome private companies to provide many health services.
‘Healthy Return’ for Javid
Interestingly, this month’s Private Eye, in its article ‘Healthy Returns’, mentions £250,000 or so US bank JP Morgan and AI company C3.ai between them paid new Health Secretary Sajid Javid during his break from the front bench (plus £350,000 worth of shares from the latter).
JP Morgan has an extensive health funding division. and C3.ai which offers a range of services to health providers set up a new UK subsidiary in July last year, four months before recruiting Javid.
True picture revealed
All the pieces of the jigsaw seem to be neatly falling in place as the true picture of what’s really going on is revealed.
Image: Nicolas J Leclercq under CC BY 2.0
