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Private treatment at NHS hospitals

EDM (Early Day Motion) 805: tabled on 26 January 2023

Tabled in the 2022-23 session.

This motion has been signed by 31 Members. It has not yet had any amendments submitted.

Motion text

That this House notes that the Health and Social Care Act 2012 in effect allows NHS Foundation Trusts to earn 49 per cent of their income from treating private patients; acknowledges that, before it was amended during its passage through Parliament, it set no limit on private income, demonstrating that the Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition Government had initially planned to enable NHS Foundation Trusts to earn as much of their income as they wanted from treating private patients; further notes that in 2011 the majority of NHS Foundation Trusts had private income caps of between 0.1 per cent and 2 per cent; is concerned by recent reports that NHS Trusts are promoting expensive private healthcare at their hospitals, offering patients the chance to jump NHS waiting lists; is further concerned that this will increase waiting times for NHS patients; believes that this is leading to a two-tier health system where people who have the means to pay can get treated more quickly, while NHS patients face longer waits, often in pain and discomfort; notes that this is not in the spirit in which the NHS was created; further notes that with waiting lists of over 7 million, there is no excess capacity in the NHS; recognises that the NHS is publicly owned and publicly funded and should remain a comprehensive and universal service, free at the point of use; and calls on the Government to put an end to NHS facilities being used to provide services to private patients.

The first 6 Members who have signed to support the motion are the sponsors. The primary sponsor is generally the person who tabled the motion and has responsibility for it. The date shown is when the Member signed the motion.

In addition to the sponsors, the following Members have signed to support the motion.

Lavery, Ian
Labour
Signed on 27 January 2023
Wansbeck
Ribeiro-Addy, Bell
Labour
Signed on 27 January 2023
Streatham
Corbyn, Jeremy
Independent
Signed on 27 January 2023
Islington North
Whitford, Dr Philippa
Scottish National Party
Signed on 30 January 2023
Central Ayrshire
Johnson, Kim
Labour
Signed on 30 January 2023
Liverpool, Riverside
Webbe, Claudia
Independent
Signed on 30 January 2023
Leicester East
Hollern, Kate
Labour
Signed on 30 January 2023
Blackburn
Sultana, Zarah
Labour
Signed on 30 January 2023
Coventry South
Begum, Apsana
Labour
Signed on 30 January 2023
Poplar and Limehouse
Amesbury, Mike
Labour
Signed on 30 January 2023
Weaver Vale
Trickett, Jon
Labour
Signed on 30 January 2023
Hemsworth
Edwards, Jonathan
Independent
Signed on 30 January 2023
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
Carden, Dan
Labour
Signed on 31 January 2023
Liverpool, Walton
Morris, Grahame
Labour
Signed on 31 January 2023
Easington
Whitley, Mick
Labour
Signed on 1 February 2023
Birkenhead
Burgon, Richard
Labour
Signed on 1 February 2023
Leeds East
Lucas, Caroline
Green Party
Signed on 2 February 2023
Brighton, Pavilion
Williams, Hywel
Plaid Cymru
Signed on 6 February 2023
Arfon
Lake, Ben
Plaid Cymru
Signed on 6 February 2023
Ceredigion
Saville Roberts, Liz
Plaid Cymru
Signed on 6 February 2023
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Byrne, Ian
Labour
Signed on 6 February 2023
Liverpool, West Derby
Blake, Olivia
Labour
Signed on 14 February 2023
Sheffield, Hallam
Lewell-Buck, Mrs Emma
Labour
Signed on 23 February 2023
South Shields
Mearns, Ian
Labour
Signed on 9 March 2023
Gateshead
Howarth, Sir George
Labour
Signed on 15 May 2023
Knowsley

There are no withdrawn signatures for this motion.