HEALTH campaigners are demanding the next government re-creates a “People’s NHS” cleansed of parasitic privateers, staffed by a well-paid workforce and dedicated to the eradication of health inequalities.

Responding to the announcement of a July 4 general election, Keep Our NHS Public (KONP) called for a “sea change” away from government policies which cause more than 250 avoidable deaths a week and record waiting lists of more than seven million.

An estimated 20 per cent of the NHS has been privatised with tens of thousands of ancillary jobs such as cleaners, porters, caterers and security handed to profiteers.