Thousands Petition Against Privatisation of NHS Cancer Care

More than 60,000 people have signed an online petition against the privatisation of cancer care. A Memorandum of Information obtained by the website Open Democracy last month revealed the proposed privatisation of NHS cancer treatment services in Staffordshire. If implemented, the proposal would see cancer care for some 800,000 patients handed over to a “prime provider,” that can be a private company.

The campaigners behind the petition wrote, “There’s no justification for privatisation on this scale, ordinary people in Staffordshire haven’t been properly asked what they think, and if this deal goes through, we’ll be stuck with it for 10 years – and it could open the door for sweeping privatisation of our NHS across the country.”

In this video, Sarah, a cancer patient, talks about how uncertainty about her future has been compounded by the potential privatisation of some NHS services. Credit: YouTube/38 Degrees