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24 reasons you should not vote for the Conservatives if you care about the NHS.

If people can read these and still give the current government 5 more years, we may as well close the doors now.

#GeneralElection2019 #GE2019

mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
1. A&E waiting times are now the worst since records began.

In 2009 just 2% of patients waited over 4 hours in A&E - by 2018 this had risen to 15%.

theguardian.com/society/2019/n…
2. The NHS is currently 44,000 short of nurses.

Even worse, more nurses are leaving than joining under the Conservatives.

dailymail.co.uk/health/article…
3. The number of people waiting on a trolley in hospital has increased from 6,000 to 65,000 since 2010.

This has led to 5,449 deaths since 2016.

theguardian.com/society/2019/d…
4. Since 2010, the NHS has been forced to close around 15,000 hospital beds.

That is the equivalent of TWENTY-FOUR hospital closures.

dailymail.co.uk/health/article…
5. Cancer waits are now the worst on record.

In 2009, 6,440 patients waited more than 2 months for treatment - by 2018 this had risen to 26,220.

theguardian.com/society/2019/j…
6. A record 5.8 million patients are waiting more than two weeks to see a GP.

This is an increase 13% compared to last year.

mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/r…
7. 4.4 million patients, the highest number on record, are on waiting lists for NHS treatment.

This is almost double the 2.3 million in 2009.

itv.com/news/2019-11-1…
8. The Tories claim they don't want to privatise the NHS.

But huge numbers of prominent MPs have already backed privatisation, including Boris Johnson.
9. Matt Hancock has given huge amounts of NHS data to Amazon, who can exploit it however they choose.

And he's given it away for free.

thetimes.co.uk/article/ea1a18…
10. Despite boasting of record funding, the Tories have actually increased NHS spending by the lowest amount in history

Even if they keep future pledges, it puts them below most previous governments.
11. Huge amounts of NHS mental health services are now provided by private US companies.

The Tories said they wouldn't sell our NHS to America, but unfortunately they already are.

inews.co.uk/opinion/swathe…
12. The Conservatives have closed FORTY PER CENT of NHS walk-in centres since 2010.

That's 95 centres that are no longer available.

theguardian.com/society/2018/j…
13. In 2015, the Conservatives promised us 5,000 more GPs.

Since then the numbers have actually gone DOWN.

bbc.co.uk/news/health-48…
14. Dominic Raab has admitted the US will be able to increase prices for drugs bought be the NHS following trade talks.

These are the eye-watering prices we could face under the Conservatives.
15. In 2011, just 123 patients waited more than 12 hours for a bed in hospital following a visit to A&E.

Last week, ONE IN EVERY TWENTY people waited for more than 12 hours.

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7…
16. It has been confirmed that the Conservatives would NOT be building 40 new hospitals as they promised.

Instead they would upgrade just SIX by 2025.

fullfact.org/health/six-hos…
17. The Tories have promised 50,000 more nurses.

They lied - that includes 18,500 already working in the NHS.

Oh, and right now more nurses are leaving than joining thanks to them.

fullfact.org/election-2019/…
18. The Tories often talk of 'record spending for the NHS'.

But over the last 10 years they have overseen year on year declines as a % of GDP.
19. The NHS is currently 10,000 short of doctors.

Many more are leaving due to the horrific conditions under the Tories.

Despite years and years of warnings, the Conservatives have done nothing to fix the problem.

mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
20. The Tories are DELIBERATELY trying to mislead voters about the money they would spend on the NHS by quoting figures WITHOUT inflation.

The Labour party will actually provide £26 BILLION more in real terms.

theguardian.com/society/2019/d…
21. In the last three years 1.5 million patients have been delayed in the back of an ambulances ON HOSPITAL SITES because the A&E was just too busy to take them.

People have died as a direct result.

dailymail.co.uk/health/article…
22. Contrary to what they say, the Tories have been privatising the NHS significantly.

£15bn in new contracts went to private providers in the last 5 years, and £9.2bn was paid to the likes of Virgin Care last year.

theguardian.com/society/2019/j…
23. There have been an astonishing 120,000 avoidable deaths as a direct result of Conservative austerity and neglect of our NHS.

OVER ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND.

They should be unelectable.

independent.co.uk/news/health/to…
24. Despite all the warnings by countless experts, the Tories have done nothing to help the NHS.

Our children are now at even more risk than they were 2 years ago, when another young child was front page news.

mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
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10 times the Conservatives have backed privatisation of the NHS.

Featuring Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, Jeremy Hunt, Dominic Raab and many more.

Please RT if you think everyone should be aware.
1. “Our ambition should be to break down the barriers between private and public provision, in effect denationalising the provision of healthcare in Britain.”

Jeremy Hunt, Former Health Secretary

2005 quote from 'Direct Democracy', co-authored by Hunt

independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
2. “Private operators should be allowed into the service, and, indeed should compete on price.”

Dominic Raab, Foreign Secretary

2011 quote from ‘After the Coalition’, co-authored by Raab

independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
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THREAD: £9 billion of the NHS budget was spent on private providers last year.

The common response we receive is: “So what? As long as it’s still free for me.”

But we'll all be worse off if the use of private providers continues to grow and here’s why…
theguardian.com/society/2019/j…
1. The NHS payment system is complicated. Hospitals get ‘paid’ with government funds for each case or procedure they perform.

Private providers can and do receive this 'payment' instead, winning £15 billion of NHS contracts over the past 5 years.

theguardian.com/society/2019/n…
2. But private providers deliberately target stand-alone, ‘profitable’ services that are quick and straightforward, like orthopaedics.
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