The Impact of a UK/US Trade Deal on the Welsh NHS

Part of 3. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:40 pm on 12 November 2019.

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Photo of Mick Antoniw Mick Antoniw Labour 1:40, 12 November 2019

First Minister, senior UK Government officials have met with representatives of US companies to discuss the NHS in post-Brexit trade negotiations on six occasions. On five of these, US drug companies were also in attendance. It is clear that the NHS is up for grabs for a US-style privatisation under the Tories. The Tories and the Brexit Party are ready to sell off the NHS to the highest corporate bidder. In Wales, the NHS is devolved, but international trade deals are not. First Minister, what concerns do you have about the future of our Welsh NHS under a UK Tory Government? And secondly, First Minister, can Boris Johnson be trusted to protect the NHS?