The amount of money the NHS spent on private ambulance companies has trebled in just four years

The amount of money the NHS spent on private ambulance companies has trebled in just four years. “Unions said money should not be leaving the NHS and called for higher pay to attract staff. Alan Lofthouse, Unison lead officer for ambulance workers said: "It is creeping privatization, something we are very concerned about. ‘In the short term people need an ambulance. But in the long term they can not be part of a fully-funded system because there is a profit being made by private companies.’”