“The central concern of the Socialist Health Association is that the NHS has been turned into a £200 billion cash cow for corporate interests.”
Mark Ladbrooke, Socialist Health Association, looks at what Labour’s first year in office has meant for our NHS.
“Labour inherited an NHS in crisis at every level – record waiting lists worsened by a series of defensive strikes. This crisis gave us a unique opportunity to junk Tory and New Labour marketisation of health care where the NHS increasingly buys in services from corporations. Instead, as Labour Conference has agreed whenever it has been allowed to vote on the subject, we could return it to an integrated public service which provides services itself and is accountable to the electorate – not shareholders.” Read in full on Labour Outlook, here.
(Labour Outlook 8th July 2025)