Thread by @JustTreatment

In today’s #AutumnStatement @Jeremy_Hunt & @RishiSunak have unleashed a new wave of austerity on the British people and our public services. They claim to be “putting the #NHS first” with a £3.3bn funding increase. But in reality, this is a real terms cut -here’s why…
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The context for this budget is that our health service is already at breaking point. After 12 years of Conservative governments, we’ve got millions on waiting lists, overwhelmed ambulance services, and underpaid and overworked staff leaving in their thousands…
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This NHS crisis has been years in the making. A report by the Health Foundation revealed that the UK has spent around 20% less per person on health each year than similar European countries over the past decade. That’s a gap of £40bn.
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Hunt & Sunak know that the public want more investment in the NHS, proper pay for staff & an end to #privatisation.Under pressure, they agreed to not cut health spending - but their funding increase is just 2%, and the NHS will be expected to find #efficiencies in its budge
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Let’s be clear. With #inflation and prices sky-rocketing, this policy represent a real terms cut.NHS #doctors and #nurses will be expected to do more with less, under brutal working conditions, and it's patients who will pay the price with our health and even our lives
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#EnoughIsEnough
Together, we must demand that the government stops putting the wealth of the super-rich ahead of our lives. We are a movement of NHS patients fighting for the fully-funded & truly public health service we all need and deserve. Join us: justtreatment.org/join
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