As politicians like to say, 'let's be absolutely clear about this', the purpose of the Coalition Government's Health and Social Care Bill is to hand over our public healthcare to private corporations - the same private corporations who fund the Conservative Party and their associated think-tanks. These peoples' protestations that there will be no privitisation and that the 'reforms' are simply about efficient healthcare delivery are utter bollocks. As Spinwatch's Tamasin Cave has noted, one of Cameron's health advisors, Mark Britnell, has been very clear about their intensions. In October 2010 he told a conference of private healthcare executives, 'The NHS will be shown no mercy and the best time to take advantage of this will be in the next couple of years.'
These people have to be stopped and we are entering a crucial period. As Colin Leys said yesterday in an interview for NLP, 'The time between now and the end of the parliamentary session is critical. People are tired, but so are the government. They are badly rattled.'
As part of its 'All Together for the NHS' campaign, the TUC has organised a 'Save our NHS' rally in central London on 7 March. The rally is being live streamed online and you can pledge to attend the 'virtual rally' here. 'Keep our NHS public' also lists some suggested action you can take here. Spread the word.
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