According to those opposing the NHS reforms, the restructuring could result in slashing of thousands of jobs in the health system.

If the NHS is reformed as per recommendation of the government's Health and Social Care Bill, thousands of people will loose their jobs with the health service. Most health sector groups and organizations are opposing the reforms, which are the biggest since the NHS was formed in 1948.

General Practitioners (GPs) in the UK are concerned over conflict of interest in the proposed reforms to the NHS. They believe that NHS reforms will force GPs away from patient care. They pointed out that commissioners are finding it hard to complete assigned work, as the workload is high, even as they have the support of PCTs.

Gavin Shuker, Labour MP for Luton has said that the reforms would introduce competition into the NHS and destroy the trust between doctor and patient.

Associations and unions representing nurses and midwives have joined other industry bodies to oppose government's plan to change NHS in England. The Royal College of Nursing and the Royal College of Midwives had already expressed concerns over the proposed changes.

Opponents claim that the new system would result in intense competition between private care providers, while private patients will be able to skip long queues. The Health and Social Care Bill will give all the control of the NHS budget to the doctors and will open the service to more competition from the private and voluntary sector.