article_snippet: ’ Ed Miliband yesterday pledged to cap the profits of private firms providing NHS care.
article_snippet: Firms brought in to provide free treatment to patients would be hit with a five per cent profit cap, ’ Ed Miliband said.
article_snippet: ’ Ed Miliband yesterday pledged to cap the profits of private firms providing NHS careNHS , bringing in a five per cent profit cap .
article_snippet: No company working with NHS will be able to profit by cherry-picking: rejecting patients with the more complex and expensive needs.
article_snippet: We will cap the profits that private health companies can make from We .
article_snippet: The standard rule will be a five per cent cap.
article_snippet: The money we pay for we health care should be invested for patient care, not for excess profits for private firms.
article_snippet: Labour said a five per cent profit cap would apply to all NHS contracts worth £500,000 or more.
article_snippet: Any company that made more than five per cent from the contract would be forced to reimburse NHS for any returns above that level.
article_snippet: Local NHS commissioners would have the power to allow higher profits in exceptional circumstances and a five per cent profit cap would not apply to GPs, pharmacies or dentists.