"I have been more and more concerned about the use of private providers in the NHS" . . . 

said Debbie Abrahams, 
chairwoman of an NHS trust who has resigned in protest at government health reforms.

She has 'handed her notice in' to the Rochdale NHS Trust because of her disquiet over the use of private health companies in the NHS; concern she expressed as one of 200 demonstrators who marched through Manchester in protest over health service jobs cuts.

The government has plans to halve the number of PCTs (from about 300 to between 70 and 130) and cut the number of health authorities (28 to nine) in the UK, hoping that the money saved by cutting PCTs can be spent on patient care.