Our NHS is one of the best things about our country -- but Theresa's May's new cabinet looks like a "dream team" to private healthcare firms determined to dismantle the NHS.
But Britons have spoken. Over 66,000 of us have already signed to stop the corporate sell-off of the NHS, and we're ramping up our campaign immediately.
It's critical we act now before our new government settles and sets its agenda. We need to show Theresa May and her cabinet that we're not going to let them privatise one of our most precious assets.
Can you chip in today and stop the corporate takeover of our NHS?
As soon as May became Prime Minister, she promised voters: “The government I lead will be driven not by the interests of the privileged few but by yours.”
But May’s voting history shows she is not exactly a champion for justice. And when it comes to the NHS, Theresa May consistently voted for the Health and Social Care Bill, which opened our NHS up to private interests on an unprecedented scale.
And now May has appointed a cabinet that’s packed to the gunnels with private health care interests.
- Defence secretary Michael Fallon is the former director of a Swedish private healthcare company.
- International trade secretary Liam Fox, who has called for cuts to the “wasteful NHS”, was funded by a company that owns pharma company Cyprotex.
- The new chancellor, Philip Hammond, is a beneficiary of a trust that owns a controlling interest in healthcare developer Castlemead.
- Home secretary Amber Rudd was funded by a hedge fund baron who is a major investor in healthcare firms.
- David Davis, Brexit secretary, has been paid thousands in speaking fees for private health insurance company Aviva.
When David Cameron sold off a massive chunk of our NHS and handed £780 million over to private firms with strong links to the Tory Party, hundreds of thousands of us stepped up. Now that Theresa May has stuffed her cabinet with anti-NHS ministers, our NHS is in danger again, and we need to step up again to make sure we keep our right to free and universal healthcare.
Will you chip in now to save our NHS?