Tory voters: Here is your government’s National Health Service – in graphs
This Writer enjoys a good, well-written argument as much as the next journalist, but sometimes people need to see their evidence in pictures.
So I’m grateful to Eoin Clarke for providing the following on Twitter, illustrating the devastation wreaked on the National Health Service in England by the Conservative Government, headed by Theresa May and her health secretary Jeremy Hunt.
Obviously, these were posted in response to Mr Hunt’s appearances on the morning politics programmes today (May 7). He writes:
If the Conservatives win the election £22 billion NHS Cuts will be forced through. Here is a breakdown of what those cuts entail #Marr pic.twitter.com/LGJy6AJ5t0
— Tory Fibs (@ToryFibs) May 7, 2017
But weren’t the Tories elected on a promise to give the NHS £20 billion? Why are we looking at cuts of more than that amount?
Conservatives were reelected on a promise to give the NHS £10bn cash. Two powerful HoC Committees say Jeremy Hunt broke that promise. #Marr pic.twitter.com/K8jeBvvSsJ
— Tory Fibs (@ToryFibs) May 7, 2017
Doesn’t that mean, in comparison to what the Tories promised, the NHS has actually been deprived of more than £40 billion?
What about patient satisfaction?
For Jeremy Hunt to blame the NHS's woes on Brexit is shamefully dishonest. Alarm bells in our NHS have been ringing for years. #Marr pic.twitter.com/kK3w1mgK4J
— Tory Fibs (@ToryFibs) May 7, 2017
Recruitment?
Our own doctors are being driven out of the NHS by Jeremy Hunt… more now are exploring leaving the NHS than we can actually train #Marr pic.twitter.com/ekVJSAhSmU
— Tory Fibs (@ToryFibs) May 7, 2017
But we have enough GPs, don’t we?
Probably the most dangerous problem the Conservatives have created in our Health System is that we can no longer fill our GP Posts #Marr pic.twitter.com/h4pxKnk2Qm
— Tory Fibs (@ToryFibs) May 7, 2017
No, we don’t.
Ah, but we have enough nurses, don’t we?
There has been a three fold increase in the number of Nursing Posts our NHS can't fill. Conservatives axing bursaries will worsen this #Marr pic.twitter.com/vsbosr0GzW
— Tory Fibs (@ToryFibs) May 7, 2017
No. Perhaps if the Tories weren’t forcing nurses to get their groceries from food banks, matters would be different.
What about capacity? Do we have enough beds in our hospitals?
The Conservatives have oversaw the closing of 15,332 NHS Beds. This cuts the capacity of the NHS by 5.6 MILLION bed spaces a year #Marr pic.twitter.com/7cJqZFUCxG
— Tory Fibs (@ToryFibs) May 7, 2017
Ah, but that’s fine if the number of patients needing them is also dropping. Is that happening?
There are 1 million more patients languishing on NHS Waiting Lists awaiting treatment today than there were in 2010. Vote them out. #Marr pic.twitter.com/n6l16S8DVL
— Tory Fibs (@ToryFibs) May 7, 2017
No.
Here’s the situation in a nutshell:
Tory NHS
A&E Crisis 13yr↗
Nurses pay↘ £2k
NHS Beds↘15k
Social Care↘8%
NHS Sell Off↗£48bn
NHS Cuts↗£22bn
Waiting Lists↗1m
NHS Walk Ins ↘40%— Tory Fibs (@ToryFibs) May 7, 2017
So, Tory voters, are you still going to support this vandalism of the greatest public service the UK ever produced?
If so, is it because somebody in a suit told you Jeremy Corbyn would be a bad prime minister?
Just look at the figures.
Are you really going to believe someone who tries to justify the destruction of your health service to you?
Think carefully about it, please.
Then vote Labour on June 8.
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Yet still people vote for the loathsome nasty party.
Pretty grusome reading especially as a lot of those increasing vacancies are already being filled by overseas recruits but obviously not enough to keep anywhere near the pace required. So is the idea you let the systems crash and then bring in the privatisation calvery on their Hunt steeds to save the day?…..Only can be done at a huge cost (read profit) of course that will greatly exceed the current level of expense for a profit to be made for greedy suits and shareholders. I do hope one day they do not need desperately an emergency service and find to their dismay their recovery distance just happened to be to far away……reflection and common sense is a wonderful thing far superior to plain Tory greed.
The only ones who vote for such a government are the very ones who have no regard for a decent life for everyone including their own children; and are usually too idle or too illiterate to comprehend their responsibilities.
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