The NHS, TTIP, and the EU referendum

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With campaigns for the referendum on 23 June 2016 underway, all sorts of claims are being made about the effects of EU membership on the NHS, and people have been rightly wondering whether they are accurate.

Tamara Hervey, Jean Monnet Professor of EU Law, The University of Sheffield answers the following questions in this substantive blog:

+ What influence does the EU have on the NHS now – does the EU make decisions about our NHS?

+ What – if anything – do EU membership; the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP); and the NHS have to do with each other?

+ Assuming the EU agrees to the TTIP, how does EU membership impact, or not, on ‘privatisation’ of the NHS?

+ How – if at all – would it be different if the UK left the EU?

+ Would being in the EU prevent a future government from ‘renationalising’ the NHS?

Source Link http://eulawanalysis.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/the-nhs-ttip-and-eu-referendum.html
Related Links
ESO: In Focus: Brexit - The United Kingdom and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/brexit-the-united-kingdom-and-the-european-union/
BBC News, 15.04.16: Reality Check: How much pressure do EU migrants put on NHS? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36058513
The Guardian, 26.03.16: NHS would be put under threat by Brexit, says Jeremy Hunt http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/mar/26/nhs-under-threat-from-brexit
The Guardian, 15.04.16: [Opinion]: Brexit won’t save the NHS – because the real threat is closer to home http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/apr/15/brexit-save-nhs-vote-leave-europe
The Express, 06.04.16: 'Only Brexit can save the NHS' Ex Labour minister says EU is DESTROYING our health service http://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/658517/EU-referendum-Brexit-NHS-Labour-Lord-Owen-Jeremy-Hunt
Conservative Home, 15.04.16: Conservative Leave campaigners should handle the NHS with care http://www.conservativehome.com/thetorydiary/2016/04/our-message-to-conservative-leave-campaigners-on-the-nhs-is-handle-with-care.html
Conservative Home, 06.04.16: Stephen Dorrell: Brexit would harm, not help, the NHS http://www.conservativehome.com/platform/2016/04/stephen-dorrell-brexit-would-harm-not-help-the-nhs.html
In Facts, 16.04.16: Quitting EU would mean less money for NHS, not more http://infacts.org/quitting-eu-mean-less-money-nhs-not/
Vote Leave: News, 15.04.16: A vote to leave could help fix the NHS funding crisis http://www.voteleavetakecontrol.org/a_vote_to_leave_could_help_fix_the_nhs_funding_crisis
ESO: Key Source: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) http://www.europeansources.info/record/transatlantic-trade-and-investment-partnership-ttip/
Blog: UK in a Changing Europe, 22.03.16: Healthier after Brexit? http://ukandeu.ac.uk/healthier-after-brexit/

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