Prime Minister David Cameron has said accident and emergency units are 0.3% short of meeting their 95% target of patients waiting four hours maximum before being seen. The PM has admitted the NHS is under pressure and suffering as a result of the influx of patients visiting accident and emergency units. David Cameron acknowledged that … [Read more…]
David Cameron and Ed Miliband have clashed again regarding Labour’s record running the Welsh NHS at the Prime Minister’s Questions. Mr Miliband told the prime minister that Labour’s mansion tax was needed to fund a health service ‘going backwards on his watch.’ The Labour leader said patients were being failed by the thousand, due to … [Read more…]
A private member’s bill that proposes undoing the awful excesses of the NHS reforms created by Andrew Lansley, has gained some weight. “The bill wouldn’t repeal the entire Health and Social Care Act. But it cuts the heart out of it. It would repeal some of the worst elements of it that impose market forces … [Read more…]
Are health policies just for show? A survey of almost 2,000 Brits has revealed that 73% of the public believe politicians are creating health policies to win votes in the upcoming electoral campaigns, with fears that is isn’t what is best for the NHS. Nearly three quarters of the adults surveyed by the British Medical … [Read more…]