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    NHS 'privatisation' reform 'could place people in danger'

    Prof Stephenson said the NHS risks becoming less joined up, if more private firms are brought in

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    Exposing more of the NHS to private competition could cause a "dangerous" fragmentation of health services in England , the chairman of the Academy of Royal Medical Colleges has said.

    Prof Terence Stephenson said patients could be "in danger from complications" if the NHS is not "joined up".

    He has written to health minister Lord Howe to request an urgent meeting.

    New rules concerning the role of private firms are due to pass through the Lords on Wednesday.

    Campaigners are calling for MPs to debate the changes, and throw them out.

    The rules - which are being considered by peers, not MPs - are part of the government's radical Health and Social Care Act, which aims to reorganise the NHS in England.

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