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Exposing Integrated Care stirred a hornet’s nest
We are being told to ignore the evidence of US policy influence and the revolving door from private healthcare to NHS bodies – and even mentioning what’s happening causes a backlash, warns CLAUDIA WEBBE MP
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A MONTH ago, I stirred a hornet’s nest when the Morning Star published my piece titled “It’s time to call out Integrated Care.”
It seems simply highlighting the influence of unpopular US policy was enough to visibly rattle some of Britain’s influencers of public opinion on healthcare.
This “health establishment” backlash involved no attempt to discuss the evidence presented — much of it taken from their own archives — instead resorting to ad hominem attack on the mere idea of raising the issue.
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