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| Plans to end private cash for NHS | Plans to end private cash for NHS |
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| The Scottish government has signalled an end to future partnerships between the NHS and the private sector. | The Scottish government has signalled an end to future partnerships between the NHS and the private sector. |
| Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon told a conference in London that she opposed the use of public money to help the private sector "compete" with the NHS. | Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon told a conference in London that she opposed the use of public money to help the private sector "compete" with the NHS. |
| She said market forces would not lead to better healthcare, and the public opposed "creeping privatisation". | She said market forces would not lead to better healthcare, and the public opposed "creeping privatisation". |
| The minister also indicated that Scotland could go its own way on issues like junior doctor recruitment. | The minister also indicated that Scotland could go its own way on issues like junior doctor recruitment. |
| She told delegates at the NHS Confederation annual conference that a poll carried out before the election had suggested that voters' top concern was of "creeping privatisation of schools and hospitals". | She told delegates at the NHS Confederation annual conference that a poll carried out before the election had suggested that voters' top concern was of "creeping privatisation of schools and hospitals". |
| She added: "Our opposition to stimulating private sector competition with the NHS at taxpayers' expense is not just based on public opinion. | She added: "Our opposition to stimulating private sector competition with the NHS at taxpayers' expense is not just based on public opinion. |
| "We reject the very idea that markets in health care are the route to improvement. | "We reject the very idea that markets in health care are the route to improvement. |
| There will also be times when it makes sense for us to take our own decisions and plot our own direction, even where we have traditionally subscribed to a UK wide approach Nicola SturgeonHealth secretary | There will also be times when it makes sense for us to take our own decisions and plot our own direction, even where we have traditionally subscribed to a UK wide approach Nicola SturgeonHealth secretary |
| "We believe, instead, that it comes through the collective energy and ideas of committed staff, working with patients, and the communities they serve." | "We believe, instead, that it comes through the collective energy and ideas of committed staff, working with patients, and the communities they serve." |
| In April, a BBC Scotland poll also suggested that building and running state schools and hospitals through public bodies was a top priority for Scottish voters. | In April, a BBC Scotland poll also suggested that building and running state schools and hospitals through public bodies was a top priority for Scottish voters. |
| The SNP's position could see an end to collaborative projects such as Stracathro hospital in Angus, which was opened earlier this year by former first minister Jack McConnell. | The SNP's position could see an end to collaborative projects such as Stracathro hospital in Angus, which was opened earlier this year by former first minister Jack McConnell. |
| It is run by the NHS in the daytime and a private healthcare company out of hours. The health board said this had saved a local hospital. | It is run by the NHS in the daytime and a private healthcare company out of hours. The health board said this had saved a local hospital. |
| Ms Sturgeon also announced that she was inviting health ministers from across the UK and Europe to a summit in the new year focussing on tackling health inequalities. | Ms Sturgeon also announced that she was inviting health ministers from across the UK and Europe to a summit in the new year focussing on tackling health inequalities. |
| "We also believe that we have a great deal to offer other governments and other healthcare systems in terms of the actions we have taken and the successes we have enjoyed so far," she said. | "We also believe that we have a great deal to offer other governments and other healthcare systems in terms of the actions we have taken and the successes we have enjoyed so far," she said. |
| Scottish approach | Scottish approach |
| Indicating that Scotland could go its own way in areas like the recruitment of junior doctors, she said: "On issues such as the regulation of professions, it makes good sense for Scotland to work in concert with other countries in the UK. | Indicating that Scotland could go its own way in areas like the recruitment of junior doctors, she said: "On issues such as the regulation of professions, it makes good sense for Scotland to work in concert with other countries in the UK. |
| "But there will also be times when it makes sense for us to take our own decisions and plot our own direction, even where we have traditionally subscribed to a UK-wide approach." | "But there will also be times when it makes sense for us to take our own decisions and plot our own direction, even where we have traditionally subscribed to a UK-wide approach." |
| She pointed to the controversy over the Modernising Medical Careers (MMC) programme introduced in a bid to find a fairer way of placing junior doctors in oversubscribed training roles. | She pointed to the controversy over the Modernising Medical Careers (MMC) programme introduced in a bid to find a fairer way of placing junior doctors in oversubscribed training roles. |
| She said the executive would continue to support the principles of MMC, but would maintain a "flexible and pragmatic approach" to the recruitment of junior doctors within the MMC framework. | She said the executive would continue to support the principles of MMC, but would maintain a "flexible and pragmatic approach" to the recruitment of junior doctors within the MMC framework. |
| Tory health spokeswoman Mary Scanlon MSP accused Ms Sturgeon of putting politics before patients. | |
| Ms Scanlon added: "When it comes to public services, here we have the true colours of the SNP being nailed to the mast - putting politics before the needs of patients. | |
| "Today's announcement confirms that there will be no patient-led NHS with this Executive. For them it is all about instigating outdated ideology and not improving our NHS." |