Labour warns a second-term Tory government would mean longer waiting times, spending levels back to where they were in the 1930s and more privatisation
Labour has warned that if David Cameron is re-elected in May, the NHS will be
destroyed.
Election chief Douglas Alexander has declared the fate of the health service will be “on the ballot paper” in May’s General Election.
He has drawn up a hard-hitting dossier which reveals the Tories have already breached seven out of 15 key patients’ rights enshrined in the health service’s constitution.
Labour warns a second-term Tory government would mean longer waiting times, spending levels back to where they were in the 1930s and more privatisation.
It says patients’ rights that have been breached include those setting maximum waiting times – of four hours at A&E, 62 days for cancer treatment and six weeks for diagnostic tests.
Labour claims the NHS is on track to have two million people waiting longer than four hours at A&E, with overall waiting lists soaring to four million by 2020.
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Election chief Douglas Alexander has declared the fate of the health service will be “on the ballot paper” in May’s General Election.
He has drawn up a hard-hitting dossier which reveals the Tories have already breached seven out of 15 key patients’ rights enshrined in the health service’s constitution.
Labour warns a second-term Tory government would mean longer waiting times, spending levels back to where they were in the 1930s and more privatisation.
It says patients’ rights that have been breached include those setting maximum waiting times – of four hours at A&E, 62 days for cancer treatment and six weeks for diagnostic tests.
Labour claims the NHS is on track to have two million people waiting longer than four hours at A&E, with overall waiting lists soaring to four million by 2020.
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