80 years – a message from Vince Cable

by danielbarker on 11 July, 2018

We are rightly celebrating the NHS’s 70th birthday, but we need to prepare for the NHS at 80.

The NHS and social care services are in a state of crisis. The Conservatives have left them chronically under-funded, and staff embattled and undervalued, while need continues to grow and patient care suffers.

The Tories are only interested in providing last-minute injections of cash to pull the NHS away from the brink of disaster for only a few more months. We know that these are just temporary solutions.

Meanwhile, the looming threat of a Hard Brexit is going to make things worse than ever, shrinking the NHS workforce and reducing funding available for medical research. In the event of a ‘no deal’ Brexit, civil servants are even preparing for a shortage of vital medicines

The Liberal Democrats have a plan to sustainably fund the NHS into the future.

• We will create a ring-fenced NHS and Care Tax to give these services the cash they need.
• We will make waiting times for mental health care match those for physical health care.
• We will fully integrate health and social care.

Editors Note: If you want to find out more about our plans for healthcare, please let me know and I’ll email them to you.
Dan Barker
Cllr for Short Heath

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