Former Labour health minister attacks Miliband’s plan to cap profits of private firms that provide NHS services
‘ED Miliband’s pledge to rein in NHS ‘privatisation’ by capping profits of firms providing care has come under fierce attack from a former Labour health minister.
As Labour made the NHS the central issue of its election campaign launch, Lord Warner accused his party leadership of scaremongering and risking patient care.
He said competition between different providers was vital to ensure the NHS can cope with spikes in demand, which occur most winters.
‘It is very difficult for the NHS to cope with the peaks and troughs of demand without the involvement of the private sector,’ he said.’
Lord Warner's Connections to Private Healthcare Corporations
‘Lord Warner is a director of Sage Advice Ltd, and an adviser to Xansa (a technology firm) and Byotrol (an antimicrobial company) – all of which sell or are hoping to sell services or products to the NHS, according to website Social Investigations. [13] He also took up a position with Apax Partners – one of the leading private equity investors in healthcare, according to the Alliance for Lobbying Transparency.’
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