The Labour leader had the PM on the back foot over outsourcing, but May found a decent comeback
Key points
Jeremy Corbyn said that a year since the Grenfell Tower fire, justice had not been done. He said that in 2010, £4bn of NHS services were outsourced to private services. How much was it today?
May said spending on the private sector nearly doubled in the last four years of the Labour government.
Corbyn said May did not answer the question. It was now almost £9bn. And Surrey NHS had just paid Virgin Healthcare £1.5m because its bid was not chosen. He said a report on outsourcing said NHS England’s handling of this puts patients at risk of harm.
May said the National Audit Office report said no one was put at harm, and it said the savings helped to fund more operations. She said last year the spending on outsourcing in England did not go up. But it went up in Wales.
Corbyn said outsourcing to Capita had put patients at risk of harm. Outsourcing of GP services had led to records being mislaid. Wasn’t the government tearing up the founding principles of the NHS and putting private profit before care?
May said Labour had made claims about privatisation at every election. But after every election the Conservative government had protected the NHS.
Continue Reading: PMQs verdict: Jeremy Corbyn fails to press home advantages on NHS
Key points
Jeremy Corbyn said that a year since the Grenfell Tower fire, justice had not been done. He said that in 2010, £4bn of NHS services were outsourced to private services. How much was it today?
May said spending on the private sector nearly doubled in the last four years of the Labour government.
Corbyn said May did not answer the question. It was now almost £9bn. And Surrey NHS had just paid Virgin Healthcare £1.5m because its bid was not chosen. He said a report on outsourcing said NHS England’s handling of this puts patients at risk of harm.
May said the National Audit Office report said no one was put at harm, and it said the savings helped to fund more operations. She said last year the spending on outsourcing in England did not go up. But it went up in Wales.
Corbyn said outsourcing to Capita had put patients at risk of harm. Outsourcing of GP services had led to records being mislaid. Wasn’t the government tearing up the founding principles of the NHS and putting private profit before care?
May said Labour had made claims about privatisation at every election. But after every election the Conservative government had protected the NHS.
Continue Reading: PMQs verdict: Jeremy Corbyn fails to press home advantages on NHS
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