UK Government confirms NHS is not exempt from controversial trade deal. Unite, Britain’s biggest union, has called on David Cameron to use his veto to exempt the NHS from a controversial EU-US trade deal following the admission from the government today (1 September 2014) that the NHS is included in the deal.The French have already used their veto to exclude the French film industry.K Government confirms NHS is not exempt from controversial trade deal. Unite, Britain’s biggest union, has called on David Cameron to use his veto to exempt the NHS from a controversial EU-US trade deal following the admission from the government today (1 September 2014) that the NHS is included in the deal.