 The NHS has been under unimaginable strain these past 18 months and I want to pay tribute to the amazing staff who've done so much to keep it on its feet despite these enormous challenges. The NHS is deservedly a national treasure and it is the legions of dedicated staff who make it so. The threats posed by Brexit and Covid come on top of decades of underfunding and an ideological drive from successive governments to commercialise our much loved and admired public health service. The health and care bill is the latest in a long line of attacks on the NHS. The shocking truth is that if this legislation goes ahead there'll be no longer a statutory duty on anyone to arrange provision of hospital services and then there is privatisation, contracting and the involvement of the private sector in the provision of NHS services with US companies queuing up to benefit. We do need an NHS bill but not this one. We need action to rebuild and restore local GP services and community, mental health and hospital services. We need action on staffing and on beds. We need an end to marketisation and privatisation. We need to properly tackle the social care crisis and we need each and every one of us to step up and oppose the privatisation of our health service being pushed through by stealth. Go to yournhsneedsu.com and find out how you can help.