Quote Originally Posted by rs3100 View Post
The issue as I see it with privatisation is that it will get to a saturation point when the private firms running the NHS will be able to increase their charges to the payers and there will be absolutely nothing that the payers can do to reverse it. It will still be free of charge at the point of access, but behind the scenes the costs will be spiralling and less treatments will therefore be available. This will then lead to the need of private health insurance which will lead to further health inequalities.

If you think the likes of Virgin etc... running the NHS services, and the pharma companies providing the health technologies give a $hit about the patient's wellbeing then you are totally mistaken. They will think only about their shareholders and their bottom line. They need people to be ill to make money, they wouldn't be involved in this sector if there was no money to be made.
Unlike some who blindly follow the mantra that the NHS can only function inthe hands of the public sector, you give a very compelling argument, if only to adopt a more cautious approach.