Dear
John
,

Last week, thousands of you called for private healthcare to be brought immediately into public hands.

And it HAPPENED because of you!

What’s more, the pressure we put on Boris Johnson and Matt Hancock meant they had to pledge that ‘no profit will be made ([link removed]) ’ by companies from this ‘deal’.

However, they’ve not published the terms of the ‘deal’, so we have no idea what money is being promised for what, and for how long.
Read our open letter to Matt Hancock demanding to see the deal. ([link removed])

While Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs offer their hotels to NHS staff for free ([link removed]) , we don’t know what is being contracted to private companies here.

That’s why we’re demanding that this ‘deal’ be made public, every dot and comma of it.

This letter is co-signed by We Own It, Health Campaigns Together, Keep our NHS Public, MedAct, Momentum, Doctors for the NHS, Nurses United UK, and GMB.

This experience has taught us that we are all in this together, and that our NHS is a vital life saving organ looking after our health together, no matter whether you can pay. This must be protected.

To keep our NHS intact at the end of this, we have asked that Matt Hancock pledges four things.
Read the open letter here! ([link removed])
The crisis that grips our families and friends every day has shown if anything that the NHS needed more capacity to deal with this in the first place.

If the government thinks after this that we’re going back to an underfunded and understaffed NHS then he needs to know that we won’t let that happen.

We’re asking Matt Hancock to pledge:
* That this ‘deal’ be made public, every dot and comma of it.
* To end all of these contracts after this crisis. We know that private companies are hungry for long term NHS contracts ([link removed]) . This means chunks out of the NHS budget are given to companies who in turn take profits, wasting money and fragmenting our health service. We do not want privatisation by stealth.
* Reinstate our NHS by ending all privatisation across the service as soon as this is over.
* That the NHS will get adequate funding and capacity to guarantee proper staffing and the beds required to treat people ([link removed]) , so that the long term crisis in our health can end.


Thank you for all you do and well done. This victory will save lives.

Stay safe and take care,
Cat, Alice, Chris, Ellen and Pascale - the We Own It team

P.S. While the world is distracted by coronavirus, the UK goverment is trying to sneak past a Trade Bill that doesn't keep our NHS out of trade deals. Don't let them get away with it - sign our petition for an amendment to protect public services here ([link removed]) .
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