FYI
David McDaid
LSE Health and Social Care
Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt has pledged a Labour government will never introduce charges for NHS services.
Documents obtained by Hospital Doctor magazine suggested private companies would be allowed to take over NHS premises, doctors and nurses.
But Mrs Hewitt said no NHS staff would be lost to the health service as a result of these independent sector treatment centres.
She told the BBC's Today programme NHS privatisation was out of the question.
More at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4274164.stm
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