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Spot on Anonymous 3.50. This financially unviable argument is a false construct designed to drive Trusts into bankruptcy so they can be taken over by multinational healthcare companies.

The NHS was established for the health of the nation, it is paid for by the people, for the people. It should be managed cost efficiently and clinically effectively. It was doing both before consecutive governments started meddling with it. It should be given back to the people, starting with abolishing the purchaser provider split which is never and was never going to work.

The stupidity of politicians is one thing, but the failure of those who really understand the NHS to discern the subtleties of the debate is truly astonishing.