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When I hear the debate in the House of Commons about the NHS bill, I get confused.
What exactly does Labour want ? I know that many health professional groups are opposed to Cameron's bill. Thanks for your time.
Steve
muriel_volestrangler
(101,361 posts)steve2470
(37,457 posts)MichaelMcGuire
(1,684 posts)From the last time I looked into the NHS in England its the level of private involvement.
Not ridding the NHS of private involvement or moving to the NHS Scotland model with little to no private involvement.
Andy Burnham
I beg to move,
That this House believes there is an important role for the private sector in supporting the delivery of NHS care; welcomes the contribution made by private providers to the delivery of the historic 18-week maximum wait for NHS patients; recognises a need, however, for agreed limits on private sector involvement in the NHS; notes with concern the Governments plans to open up the NHS as a regulated market, increasing private sector involvement in both commissioning and provision of NHS services; urges the Government to revisit its plans, learning from the recent problems with PIP implants and the private cosmetic surgery industry; believes its plan for a 49 per cent. private income cap for Foundation Trusts, in the context of the hospitals as autonomous business units and a no bail-outs culture, signals a fundamental departure from established practice in NHS hospitals; fears that the Governments plans will lead to longer waiting times, will increase health inequalities and risk putting profits before patients; is concerned that this House has not been given an opportunity to consider such a significant policy change; and calls on the Government to revise significantly downwards its proposed cap on the level of private income that can be generated by NHS hospitals.
Question put.
Althou their view may have changed from back in Jan?
Upon looking for a source of the quote I found this debate.
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201212/cmhansrd/cm120116/debtext/120116-0003.htm