On Thu, 31 Oct 2013 19:07:44 +0000, bert wrote:

The EU is including in there opening up European Health services to
international (US) competition and that will include the NHS. So a
fundamental aspect of the NHS may no longer be a solely UK decision.

In case you hadn't noticed, the NHS is already free to sign up to
international deals - and already has. So, basically, no change.

But international companies cannot currently demand the right to bid for
NHS contracts. That would change.

Umm, and...?