‘We will not accept:’ BMA chairman slams neglect of NHS in heartfelt speech
He said Freedom Day on July 19, was a gamble that has since contributed to almost 40,000 hospital admissions and more than 4,000 deaths.
He said Freedom Day on July 19, was a gamble that has since contributed to almost 40,000 hospital admissions and more than 4,000 deaths.
The messages will be there for NHS staff to listen to at their darkest times.
He said the tax increase, which is likely to impact on the young and poorest the most, is “very bad policy and politics”.
From the newsletter: More and more money is being spent on the NHS, but it isn’t making us any healthier.
“I’m worried in the future, will it ever actually come to social care? Because we’re talking three years down the road and we might have an election at that time, so it’s very concerning," said Mike Padgham, chairman of the Independent Care Group
"£350 million a week since January last year is tens of billions of pounds, why isn't that bailing out the NHS?"
"That could leave little if any of the tax rises announced yesterday available for social care.”
“I’m in a situation now where I desperately need a colonoscopy test, every day I’m left thinking could it be cancer? I’m also waiting for my doctor which is just as difficult, how do you see a doctor?," Mr Perks has asked.
"This is proof the Tories have no intention of keeping their election promise to build 40 new hospitals."
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