This petition was submitted during the 2017–2019 Conservative government

Rejected petition Keep the NHS as a publicly-owned body, free at point of delivery

Large parts of the NHS have already been privatised for private gain rather than public benefit. To involve it in a US trade deal would destroy it, along with the lives of many thousands of people, and implies that only the wealthy deserve health or life.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/242300

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