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Originally Posted by Stuart
You might want to check the report though. That has a few facts.
Personally, I don't think the problems for the NHS can be boiled down to one thing.
There are several problems facing the NHS: - Privatisation. Specifically PFI. It might look like a good way to pay for new hospitals (as initially it costs the taxpayer little) but the companies financing the hospitals are going to want payment and they often take this in the form of extremely high interest rates, or preferential treatment with regard to any contracts involved in running the hospital, which they can use to further fleece the NHS.
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This.
One of the initiatives of the last labour government. These contracts can be 20-30 years and the total cost is eye-watering.
But of course you'll never hear a left-wing luvvie slagging off good old Brown/Blair for "privatising" the NHS
