As per the ONS link I posted
I'm sure some are, but I don't have the stats to hand on the new jobs. I'll have a dig for them later (not that anyone will believe them of course, unless it turns out a significant percentage are zero hours upon which the figures will be revered)
The NHS isn't being privatised and never will. Yes, there are services being outsourced, under both labour and the tories , (and always have been - GPs for example) but the NHS will always be "free" at the point of use.
My wife had a cancer scare last year and we had an excellent experience when going through the screening process, a service which happened to be run by Virgin Care.
Sorry to hear about the number of ops you've had. Puts life, and these forum debates, into perspective. All the best.