‘The NHS will be at the mercy of predatory US healthcare firms if a controversial trade deal with Washington goes through, a top Tory admitted.
Trade Minister Ian Livingston claimed it was “not necessary” to exempt the NHS from the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership agreement, known as TTIP.
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But health campaigners fear the free trade pact will open up the NHS to profit-hungry American firms.
Labour MP Grahame Morris, who sits on the Commons health committee, warned: “This is a sinister trade deal.
“If it goes through without any changes, it will make the privatisation of services like the NHS irreversible.” ‘
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