Invitation to a briefing: Health and Social Care bill
28 January 2011
As bill begins commons' stages, new analysis reveals the
full implications for the NHS
Unite highlights the small print paving the way for private
healthcare companies to take-over the NHS.
- Unite MPs and media briefing
- Monday, 31 January 2011 at 1.00pm in the Grimond Room,
Portcullis House, House of Commons
Unite, the country's biggest union, is to provide new and forensic
analysis for journalists and MPs as the Health and Social Care bill
has its second reading.
This dedicated briefing will offer detailed responses to
questions relating to the intention and scope of the legislation,
particularly as the government intends to rush the 280 clause bill
through the Commons in break-neck time. Unite understands it
could begin its standing committee stages as early as Thursday next
week, leaving little time for MPs to get to grips with the enormity
of the proposals.
Unite's health experts will provide new insights into the small
print and explain how this will hasten the privatisation of the
NHS, revealing how the legislation is heavily weighted in favour of
private companies when they come into competition with the current
NHS, even when it costs the UK taxpayer to ease private providers
into the enforced healthcare market.
The union has repeatedly warned that the government's proposals
will hasten the demise of the NHS's universal service, free at the
point of delivery and cherished by the public since its founding in
1948.
Leading the interpretation and analysis will be Gail Cartmail,
Unite assistant general secretary for public services; Barrie
Brown, Unite’s lead officer for nursing; and Dr Ron Singer, chair
of Unite/Medical Practitioners Union and the MPU representative on
the GP’s committee of the British Medical Association.
Unite's health bill researcher will also take interested MPs and
media through the bill, including the impact assessments which the
government has not widely promoted.
Unite will also present information revealing how the private
sector is helping to shape health policy.
ENDS
RSVP - Unite press officer, Liane Groves - liane.groves@unitetheunion.org
or 07793 661 657 and/or Hannah Blythyn at hannah.blythyn@unitetheunion.org
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