Quote Originally Posted by KerrAvon View Post
I feel you should.

The NHS Trusts concerned want to reduce their costs - presumably with the intention of being able to spend more actually treating poorly patiens. They could look to do that by outsourcing the work, but have chosen to do so by moving the work into subsidiaries that are wholly owned by the Trust. How is that privatisation?

And what is wrong with private companies delivering services for the NHS if that cuts costs? Are your objections purely ideological, perchance?

What they are doing is to force workers out of the NHS to a subsidiary .

Now the transferred staff will take their current NHS rights with them and have them guaranteed , no problem .

But wait ........

Staff leave or retire , replacement staff coming in will most likely be offered lesser terms and most likely no bargaining tools .

This undermines the workforce and if you play the game long enough totally divides the service staff .

If you have the floor to yourself with little or no resistance to pay and bargaining power you make it more attractive to potential private investors .

This is back door privatisation , nothing more and nothing less .

That's my view as you have yours .

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