http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2 ... 152665.pdf"To be clear, the effects of the EU's approach to public health services in trade agreements
such as TTIP are that:
• Member States do not have to open public health services to competition from private
providers, nor do they have to outsource services to private providers;
• Member States are free to change their policies and bring back outsourced services
back into the public sector whenever they choose to do so, in a manner respecting
property rights (which in any event are protected under UK law);
• It makes no difference whether a Member State already allows some services to be
outsourced to private providers, or not."