> the NHS as it is constructed doesn't allow for this. This is simply untrue. (What is Livewell South West?) We've had private provision of NHS services for ye

> the NHS as it is constructed doesn't allow for this. This is simply untrue. (What is Livewell South West?) We've had private provision of NHS services for years and the Lansley reforms explicitly embed privatisation (state funded private provision) in the NHS. Commissioners are forbidden by the 2012 law from preferring NHS providers over NHS providers. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/7/section/75/enacted https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/7/section/75/enact... We have a lot of private provision of NHS services (all GP practices are private providers!) and it just doesn't work.