What could privatisation do to the NHS? Children's services show us | Shadim Hussain

Austerity has left children’s services increasingly dependent on private providers with an aggressive profit focus

One of the biggest questions about the next five years is whether the publicly owned and provided status of the NHS will be protected as Boris Johnson powers on with his Brexit timetable. The health service is one of the most emotive issues in British politics, and one of the few things that affects almost all the members of our society, from the poorest to the richest.

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