Behind the push for competitive tendering in NHS services | @guardianletters

The Save Lewisham Hospital Campaign supports Andy Burnhams call for a moratorium on tendering of NHS services.

At last there is a public acknowledgement of the extent to which the NHS is being privatised. All over the country, clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are subjecting NHS services to competitive tendering because they are afraid to do otherwise. Of the contracts let since 2010, approximately 70% have gone to the private sector. This is not surprising, since the private sector is expert at bidding for contracts while this procedure is relatively new to the public sector.