The weight of opposition to David Cameron’s plans for our NHS has become even clearer this week. Labour has launched the ‘Drop the Bill’ campaign, petitioning the Government to drop their reckless Health Bill.
According to Department of Heath figures, Derby has already seen waiting-times increase by more than 146% since David Cameron came to power. Yet his plans encourage local hospitals to treat more private patients while NHS patients are left waiting longer. They are creating a postcode lottery in the NHS, where patients are refused treatments in one area that their friends can get in another.
The unwanted reorganisation amounts to a £2-3 billion waste of money, which would be better spent on medicines, equipment and staff.
Local Doctors, nurses and patients have already expressed concerns at the plans but the Government is dangerously out of touch. They are ploughing on with their Health Bill regardless.
David Cameron has no democratic mandate for this Health Bill. It wasn’t in his manifesto. And it wasn’t in Nick Clegg’s either. The public never voted for it and healthcare professionals are fearing it.
Aneurin Bevan, creator of the NHS, said there would be an NHS only for as long as there were people left to fight for it. That fight is now upon us and I urge your readers to join it. Please add your name to the petition at www.dropthebill.com.
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