The stark warning was made in a letter sent to Rishi Sunak, Keir Starmer and Ed Davey by the Health Foundation, Nuffield Trust and The King’s Fund.
“24 hours in A&E used to be a TV programme,” he said. “Now it’s the Government’s policy”.
'For the first time ever, more that 50% of an important NHS funded service – hip and knee replacements – are being paid for privately rather than delivered by the NHS.'
One thinks it 'guarantees the total victory of socialism in Britain’.
Is the health secretary deliberately pushing the NHS to breaking point?
The government's consistently huge spends on NHS reform and the Trident programme indicate dubious priorities.