USA risk to the NHS
In reply to Mr GA Woodward (SA September 15), he is correct to be concerned that the NHS is under threat from the EU trade deal being discussed with the USA.
The European Union want their free trade area to be expanded to include the USA. Part of this EU trade deal includes the right for American companies to bid to run parts of the NHS.
When the USA trade deal is agreed it would then be illegal under EU law for the British government to resist creeping privatisation of the NHS. The British people don’t want the NHS to be run by the USA.
Terry Hayward, Burnham Road, Swindon
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