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Labour to urge heath secretary to stop further privatisation
LABOUR will call on Health Secretary Matt Hancock today to block private companies from securing 26 NHS contracts worth over £128 million.
The 2012 Health and Social Care Act requires NHS clinical commissioning groups in England to tender out any contract worth over £615,278.
This has led to an increase in the number of NHS contracts awarded to profit-driven firms such as Virgin Care.
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