[dijit]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Dismantle-Easy-Steps-second/dp/...

NHS is the National Health Service in the UK and this book was Co-Authored by the Minister for Health of the UK (before he got that post).

It details this strategy clearly.

[foxglacier]

That's a different government. From yours and the other replies, I see it is just a conspiracy theory. Of course it's possible for a government to reduce funding for departments to save money without the goal of privatizing them.