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Three-quarters of UK public worried more NHS privatisation will damage care

Exclusive: Both Tory and Labour voters are worried about the impact of more NHS privatisation, poll commissioned by openDemocracy finds

By Caroline Molloy
Three-quarters of UK public worried more NHS privatisation will damage care
NHS campaigners have criticised the government’s Health and Care Bill for making it easier for private companies to take over more NHS work | Tayfun Salci/ZUMA Wire/Alamy Live News
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UK voters are seriously worried that greater use of private companies by the NHS could lead to a decline in standards and a loss of money to NHS hospitals, a poll has found.

A poll commissioned by openDemocracy found that around three-quarters of UK adults would be concerned if the proportion of healthcare provided by the NHS using private companies were to increase.

Three-quarters of those polled specifically fear that an increase in the use of private companies by the NHS would result in corners being cut (76%), the use of less-skilled staff (74%), and healthcare systems becoming more disjointed or fragmented (77%).

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