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Publicly own all NHS land and assets, and directly employ all NHS staff.

Closed 1,308 signatures

What the petition asks

The NHS is being systematically destroyed by fragmentation, cuts, closures, under-funding, under-staffing, privatisation, PFI debts and state asset stripping.
A US Commonwealth Fund report showed the NHS is the best and most cost-effective health service in the developed world, and that the US system is among the worst and most costly. UK governments over decades have been working to replace our NHS with a US style system. That costs twice as much per capita as the NHS, and ~30% of costs go on admin. Pre-marketisation NHS admin cost ~5%. The market has increased it to ~15% (£10 bn pa wasted and rising). 1 in 5 US citizens cannot afford any healthcare.

Timeline

4 Apr 2016 Petition opened for signatures
4 Oct 2016 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 1,308
Status Closed
Opened 4 Apr 2016
Closed 4 Oct 2016

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.