Integration White Paper

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 2:24 pm on 9 February 2022.

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Photo of Margaret Greenwood Margaret Greenwood Labour, Wirral West 2:24, 9 February 2022

The Minister talks about ICBs, but he knows full well that they are able, under his Bill, to delegate functions and budgets to private providers, which represents a clear Government privatisation agenda.

The Minister talks about transferring skills and knowledge across the NHS, public health and social care, but how will that work in practice? Will the NHS be running training courses for private sector care organisations? If so, why should the NHS hand over valuable intellectual property and spend time gifting it to big business? Will he explain what that will mean for NHS staff?