Labour fail the NHS

At an event in Bretby on Friday 21st August I got talking to a group of people who worked for the NHS. What struck me was not only their contempt for New Labour but also their Old politics and the way they felt that Labour treated the NHS.

Interestingly recently there have been attacks by Labour, attempting to misrepresent the Conservatives NHS policies. I think to cover up their massive failures.

In fact the last few days have seen a concerted media campaign to discredit our Party and our policies on the NHS. The fact that so many people who work for the NHS attended this event proves the lie in their words.

Let us remind ourselves what the Conservatives will do better.

We pledge to:

• End labour’s plans to close A and E and maternity Services in our hospitals
• Bring to an end labour’s programme of closing Doctors surgeries in order to replace them with centralised and non local polyclinics
• Accelerate measures to reduce drastically MSRA in our hospitals
• Within 5 years of taking office DOUBLE the number of single hospital rooms
• Make sure ALL patients have equal access to clinically approved life saving drugs –ending the disgrace of patients in Britain being refused free access to the life saving drugs available everywhere else in Europe
• End government meddling in the People’s Health Service – diverting the £Billions wasted on bureaucratic interference to the care of patients”.

The people’s taxes will continue to support a free at source NHS – the Conservatives however will make sure that patients needs are put first in all aspects of health care. At the next election the choice is clear: Labour‘s centralised, target led and over bureaucratic approach.....closing local facilities OR David CAMERON’S practical vision of a patient first ‘People’s Health Service’