Tory voters: Here is your government’s National Health Service – in graphs

Last Updated: May 7, 2017By

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:

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?

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?

Recruitment?

But we have enough GPs, don’t we?

No, we don’t.

Ah, but we have enough nurses, don’t we?

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?

Ah, but that’s fine if the number of patients needing them is also dropping. Is that happening?

No.

Here’s the situation in a nutshell:

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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6 Comments

  1. NMac May 7, 2017 at 1:42 pm - Reply

    Yet still people vote for the loathsome nasty party.

  2. Dez May 7, 2017 at 3:45 pm - Reply

    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.

  3. rupertrlmitchell May 7, 2017 at 5:10 pm - Reply

    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.

  4. Mark Rathbone May 7, 2017 at 9:19 pm - Reply

    Hi There – when trying to share a Vox political post on Facebook i now have to type in a Captcha security code!

    • Mike Sivier May 7, 2017 at 11:05 pm - Reply

      (!)
      Does anybody else have to do this?

      • Lynn Dye May 8, 2017 at 1:13 pm - Reply

        I just shared it with no problem.

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