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2025-04-29 19:50:52 UTC - HELPFUL
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CONTEXT: Current Health Secretary, Wes Streeting, has received significant donations from private healthcare interests. Streeting has committed to increasing the use of the private sector over the NHS. The NHS is facing severe job cuts of 100k under Labour. https://www.thenational.scot/news/24250557.wes-streeting-takes-175k-donors-linked-private-health-firms/ https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/12/wes-streeting-defends-labour-plan-private-sector-cut-nhs-backlog https://www.pslhub.org/blogs/entry/8298-hospitals-in-england-could-shed-100000-jobs-in-response-to-cost-cutting-orders/ https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2025/04/01/wes-streeting-nhs-reform-private-donations/ https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/apr/08/hospitals-england-shed-jobs-cost-cutting-nhs https://goodlawproject.org/health-secretary-keeps-taking-donations-linked-to-private-health/ https://goodlawproject.org/how-private-health-has-invested-in-wes-streeting/
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