Labour Health

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The Conservatives are spending billions of pounds of taxpayers' money on agency staff, instead of investing in the NHS workforce. Patients are receiving worse care as a result. Only Labour has a long-term plan to renew the health service. dailymail.co.uk/health/article…

The public pay for the NHS. It belongs to them. Patient choice should be for the many, not just the well-informed few. Transparent data and league tables will give patients the choice to go where waiting times are lower and performance is better. telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/11/1…

Birkenhead MP slams government's 'dentistry crisis' birkenhead.news/birkenhead-mp-… @MickWhitleyMP

NHS dentistry has eroded away under the Conservatives. In Suffolk, people can't find an NHS dentist, 100s are going to A&E and horror stories of DIY dentistry are emerging. A Labour government will end Suffolk's dental desert. My @ipswichstar24 column 👇ipswichstar.co.uk/news/23882283.…

13 years of Conservative government has left the NHS in the biggest crisis in its history. It will fall to Labour, the Party that founded the NHS 75 years ago, to rescue, rebuild and renew the health service today. @LabourHealth set out our plans here newstatesman.com/spotlight/heal…

Tens of thousands of patients were forced into A&E with tooth decay last year. Under the Tories, NHS dentistry is in crisis. Labour will provide 700,000 more urgent appointments a year, and make sure NHS dentistry is there for all who need it. telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/10/2…

Instead of listening to people in Mid Bedfordshire, the Conservatives are laughing at them. Patients are unable to access an NHS dentist with appalling consequences. Labour will provide 700,000 extra appointments every year, so NHS dentistry is there for all who need it.

.@UKLabour will get our NHS back on its feet and fit for the future. Today I’ve announced a doubling of diagnostic scanners with our ‘fit for the future’ fund. Faster diagnosis means faster treatment, better outcomes and better use of taxpayers’ money. thetimes.co.uk/article/b1385c…

For millions of patients, the NHS is no longer there for them when they need it. Rishi Sunak is Inaction Man, refusing to meet with doctors to end NHS strikes and adding to the Tories' NHS backlog. It will take Labour - the Party of the NHS - to restore it to good health.

Rishi Sunak and Steve Barclay are the guilty men of the crisis in our NHS. They literally failed to fix the roof when the sun was shining. No image better sums up what the Tories have done to the health service, than the sight of crumbling hospitals. theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/s…

'The PM has to get the doctors in, knock some heads together, and thrash out an agreement to avert strike action'. Shadow Health Secretary ＠wesstreeting urges Rishi Sunak to 'show some guts', 'show some leadership' and get a deal done. ＠NickFerrariLBC

The Government's refusal to meet with NHS doctors is putting cancer patients at risk. How can Sunak hold a summit to prepare for the winter crisis and forget to invite junior doctors and consultants? Only Labour can restore the NHS to good health. dailymail.co.uk/health/article…

We’re sleepwalking into a new generation of children getting hooked on nicotine. Yet the Tories put lining their own pockets ahead of protecting children’s health. Labour will come down like a tonne of bricks on those peddling vapes to kids. thetimes.co.uk/article/tory-p…

I’m delighted to welcome the new Shadow Health & Social Care team. Here’s a thread introducing them and their portfolios as we head towards the general election where the future of the NHS and social care will be on the ballot paper…

It's heart-breaking to think that Martha Mills could still be alive today, had her parents been listened to. Labour will write Martha’s rule into the NHS constitution. Every patient should have the right, and know they have the right, to demand a second opinion.

The number of patients who’ve died while waiting for NHS treatment has doubled in the last five years. People left waiting in agony in their final months. The basic promise of an NHS that’s there for us when we need it has been broken by the Conservatives.

Labour will build an NHS fit for the future. Read more about our plans here. labour.org.uk/missions/build…

➡️ Labour will take advantage of the potential of the NHS App, developing it into a one-stop shop for health information. The app will act as a single front door to personalised services, streamlining a patient's journey through the system.

Under this Conservative government, the NHS is stuck in an analogue age. NHS staff are forced to deal with outdated technology and creaking equipment, while patients are left waiting. Labour will seize the opportunity to modernise the NHS. Here's how 👇