Why should the private sector profit out of healthcare?
The British economy needs a healthy, profit making private sector. It generates the wealth we need to fund all our public services, including the NHS. In England the NHS spends over 7 billion each year with the private sector buying the goods and services it needs. Drug manufacturers, equipment manufacturers, food suppliers, and building maintenance companies all make profits from the purchases made by the NHS. When the private sector builds a hospital using public funds it also makes a profit.
