Theresa May backs plan to sell off NHS assets to property developers

The PM said she would implement the Naylor Review

Theresa May has backed a plan that describes NHS resources as a “source of untapped value” and called on the health service to take “a more commercial approach” to selling off its assets.

The Prime Minister was accused of backing the sell-off of parts of the NHS after she said she would implement to so-called Naylor Review, a 42-page report commissioned by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt.

The review, published in March, calls for the disposal of NHS assets to the private sector, recommending that “inefficiently used” or unused NHS land and property should be sold to property developers.
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The report suggests the creation of a “powerful new” NHS Property Board that would coordinate such activities.

“Releasing land from the NHS estate which is no longer required to deliver health and care services, is a major opportunity for the NHS,” the report says.

“The review has investigated the opportunities presented by releasing inefficiently used or unused land for other purposes, in particular for residential development.”

Ms May made the comments backing the implementation of the plan during her set-piece BBC interview, when she was asked how she would fund a commitment to extra NHS spending.

“There’s a report that was done on the NHS, the Naylor Report, which set out what was needed and we’re backing the proposals in the Naylor Report,” she told presenter Andrew Neil.

Her suggestions attracted criticism online, with one critical video blog accusing her of supporting privatisation going viral and being viewed tens of thousands of times.

The Independent has also been contacted by a number of NHS workers who are concerned about the issue.

Labour’s shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth criticised the plans.

“Labour have repeatedly warned of the neglect of NHS infrastructure. Under the Tories hospitals are crumbling and as we have seen IT systems left dismally insecure because of Tory cuts,” he told The Independent.

“That's why we will invest £10 billion in NHS buildings and IT. The Tory response is to now sell off buildings and land with no explanation of when the NHS will see a penny piece of the proceeds.

“The choice in this election is now clear investment with Labour to put patients first or the NHS going backwards under the Tories.'”

The National Health Action Party said selling off public assets was the wrong approach.

“There’s huge amounts of money in property, and the public purse is a perfect stream of income, basically, for anyone who can get their hands on it,” said spokesperson Deborah Harrington.

“We own this, it’s ours. It’s been handed down through the generations since 1948. We all contribute to this society that provides these things, and we’re being told now they’re unaffordable unless we cannibalise them, constantly reducing our property and ownership.”

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/theresa-may-naylor-review-nhs-privatisation-sell-off-property-developers-a7766486.html


Of course, what they have done before this is to run down those properties so that they will be sold off cheaply, a tactic always used in privatisation. So the winners will be the rich corporations that buy them - effectively handing a gift to make money with. Now, I wonder if handing them the fruits of the nations labour (for that is how it was paid for) will make them sick. Because apparently, you give people a give to help them and it makes them sick, although I think Fred and DYK only meant if the recipents are poor.

Makes sense, my hospital is forking out 60k a month for a building it has not used for 15 years.

Its time we sold off assets not in use and the Trusts are the worst wasters of money within the NHS.

I would rather see health care free and run by business who now how to run the place than incompetence, as has been by the NHS Trusts

sassy wrote:The PM said she would implement the Naylor Review

Theresa May has backed a plan that describes NHS resources as a “source of untapped value” and called on the health service to take “a more commercial approach” to selling off its assets.

The Prime Minister was accused of backing the sell-off of parts of the NHS after she said she would implement to so-called Naylor Review, a 42-page report commissioned by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt.

The review, published in March, calls for the disposal of NHS assets to the private sector, recommending that “inefficiently used” or unused NHS land and property should be sold to property developers.
Read more

The report suggests the creation of a “powerful new” NHS Property Board that would coordinate such activities.

“Releasing land from the NHS estate which is no longer required to deliver health and care services, is a major opportunity for the NHS,” the report says.

“The review has investigated the opportunities presented by releasing inefficiently used or unused land for other purposes, in particular for residential development.”

Ms May made the comments backing the implementation of the plan during her set-piece BBC interview, when she was asked how she would fund a commitment to extra NHS spending.

“There’s a report that was done on the NHS, the Naylor Report, which set out what was needed and we’re backing the proposals in the Naylor Report,” she told presenter Andrew Neil.

Her suggestions attracted criticism online, with one critical video blog accusing her of supporting privatisation going viral and being viewed tens of thousands of times.

The Independent has also been contacted by a number of NHS workers who are concerned about the issue.

Labour’s shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth criticised the plans.

“Labour have repeatedly warned of the neglect of NHS infrastructure. Under the Tories hospitals are crumbling and as we have seen IT systems left dismally insecure because of Tory cuts,” he told The Independent.

“That's why we will invest £10 billion in NHS buildings and IT. The Tory response is to now sell off buildings and land with no explanation of when the NHS will see a penny piece of the proceeds.

“The choice in this election is now clear investment with Labour to put patients first or the NHS going backwards under the Tories.'”

The National Health Action Party said selling off public assets was the wrong approach.

“There’s huge amounts of money in property, and the public purse is a perfect stream of income, basically, for anyone who can get their hands on it,” said spokesperson Deborah Harrington.

“We own this, it’s ours. It’s been handed down through the generations since 1948. We all contribute to this society that provides these things, and we’re being told now they’re unaffordable unless we cannibalise them, constantly reducing our property and ownership.”

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/theresa-may-naylor-review-nhs-privatisation-sell-off-property-developers-a7766486.html


Of course, what they have done before this is to run down those properties so that they will be sold off cheaply, a tactic always used in privatisation.   So the winners will be the rich corporations that buy them - effectively handing a gift to make money with.   Now, I wonder if handing them the fruits of the nations labour (for that is how it was paid for) will make them sick.   Because apparently, you give people a give to help them and it makes them sick, although I think Fred and DYK only meant if the recipents are poor.

is this worse than labour paying £300billion for £60billion worth of NHS assets and saddling health trusts with debt for up to 60 years?

The Devil, You Know wrote:

sassy wrote:The PM said she would implement the Naylor Review

Theresa May has backed a plan that describes NHS resources as a “source of untapped value” and called on the health service to take “a more commercial approach” to selling off its assets.

The Prime Minister was accused of backing the sell-off of parts of the NHS after she said she would implement to so-called Naylor Review, a 42-page report commissioned by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt.

The review, published in March, calls for the disposal of NHS assets to the private sector, recommending that “inefficiently used” or unused NHS land and property should be sold to property developers.
Read more

The report suggests the creation of a “powerful new” NHS Property Board that would coordinate such activities.

“Releasing land from the NHS estate which is no longer required to deliver health and care services, is a major opportunity for the NHS,” the report says.

“The review has investigated the opportunities presented by releasing inefficiently used or unused land for other purposes, in particular for residential development.”

Ms May made the comments backing the implementation of the plan during her set-piece BBC interview, when she was asked how she would fund a commitment to extra NHS spending.

“There’s a report that was done on the NHS, the Naylor Report, which set out what was needed and we’re backing the proposals in the Naylor Report,” she told presenter Andrew Neil.

Her suggestions attracted criticism online, with one critical video blog accusing her of supporting privatisation going viral and being viewed tens of thousands of times.

The Independent has also been contacted by a number of NHS workers who are concerned about the issue.

Labour’s shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth criticised the plans.

“Labour have repeatedly warned of the neglect of NHS infrastructure. Under the Tories hospitals are crumbling and as we have seen IT systems left dismally insecure because of Tory cuts,” he told The Independent.

“That's why we will invest £10 billion in NHS buildings and IT. The Tory response is to now sell off buildings and land with no explanation of when the NHS will see a penny piece of the proceeds.

“The choice in this election is now clear investment with Labour to put patients first or the NHS going backwards under the Tories.'”

The National Health Action Party said selling off public assets was the wrong approach.

“There’s huge amounts of money in property, and the public purse is a perfect stream of income, basically, for anyone who can get their hands on it,” said spokesperson Deborah Harrington.

“We own this, it’s ours. It’s been handed down through the generations since 1948. We all contribute to this society that provides these things, and we’re being told now they’re unaffordable unless we cannibalise them, constantly reducing our property and ownership.”

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/theresa-may-naylor-review-nhs-privatisation-sell-off-property-developers-a7766486.html


Of course, what they have done before this is to run down those properties so that they will be sold off cheaply, a tactic always used in privatisation.   So the winners will be the rich corporations that buy them - effectively handing a gift to make money with.   Now, I wonder if handing them the fruits of the nations labour (for that is how it was paid for) will make them sick.   Because apparently, you give people a give to help them and it makes them sick, although I think Fred and DYK only meant if the recipents are poor.

is this worse than labour paying £300billion for £60billion worth of NHS assets and saddling health trusts with debt for up to 60 years?

I will tell you how badly Hospitals waste money and it goes on no matter the Government

Mine is currently paying the flight costs back and fourth to Kenya each month for a specialist X-ray Doctor and putting him up whilst here in hotels. At the cost of the NHS. Its shocking the waste of money going on within the NHS and the more I think it should be run by people who know, so that we can continue to have a viable free health service

Thorin wrote:

The Devil, You Know wrote:
is this worse than labour paying £300billion for £60billion worth of NHS assets and saddling health trusts with debt for up to 60 years?

I will tell you how badly Hospitals waste money and it goes on no matter the Government

Mine is currently paying the flight costs back and fourth to Kenya each month for a specialist X-ray Doctor and putting him up whilst here in hotels. At the cost of the NHS. Its shocking the waste of money going on within the NHS and the more I think it should be run by people who know, so that we can continue to have a viable free health service

as long as the NHS believes in the magic money tree they have no incentive to stop waste.

The Devil, You Know wrote:

Thorin wrote:


I will tell you how badly Hospitals waste money and it goes on no matter the Government

Mine is currently paying the flight costs back and fourth to Kenya each month for a specialist X-ray Doctor and putting him up whilst here in hotels. At the cost of the NHS. Its shocking the waste of money going on within the NHS and the more I think it should be run by people who know, so that we can continue to have a viable free health service

as long as the NHS believes in the magic money tree they have no incentive to stop waste.

It gets worse than that. They want to bring in these huge trailers that can carry out Theater operations, have waiting rooms and 3 wards. They are truly massive and so are the costs. Which goes into millions, where they extend onto the hospital. Which any person would see it would be far cheaper to build an extension than rent something. There is still extension trailers on the site that have been there 20 years for other aspects. Its pure madness. They are going to eventually turn the hospital into a Super hospital.