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Here are 20 ways the Conservatives have severely damaged the NHS since they came to power.

This is not even an exhaustive list.

Please share this widely so everyone knows what they’re voting for on 4th July.

The Tories really cannot be trusted with our health. 1/20

Since the Conservatives came to power, millions more people are suffering on NHS waiting lists

In 2010, around 2.3 million people were waiting for treatments

As of April 2024, that figure stood at a harrowing 7.6 million

fullfact.org/health/nhs-wai…

NHS staff have had an awful lot of abuse for speaking up about the benefits of vaccines, many had gone quiet as a result. But this week they have been speaking up in their droves.

Because vaccines save lives.

Still unconvinced? If you won’t listen to us, listen to them 🧵👇🏻

https://twitter.com/drjen_w/status/1480244114172092418

Consultant intensive care doctors @ICUbreeno

https://twitter.com/icubreeno/status/1480267902083342343

Um…@DailyMailUK what is this? How we have gone from clapping to telling exhausted staff they shouldn’t take leave?

Let’s set the record straight shall we? 🧵👇🏻(1/9) We have a workforce crisis in the NHS. That existed before the pandemic. Why? We have a retention problem. We can’t retain staff because they feel so devalued, are asked to do too much with too little and end up burning out and leaving.

This was pre-pandemic.

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Personal tweet now. We are receiving a lot of messages from NHS staff who are really struggling. Can’t get out of bed, can no longer face going into work, have no idea how to get through the next shift - struggling.

Please know we are here for you. Here’s where to get help 👇🏻🧵 Contents:
1️⃣ Who to call if you are suicidal

2️⃣ 24/7 📞📱💻 if you are in crisis

3️⃣ Helplines for:
NHS staff
bereaved staff
doctors/dentists
nurses/midwives
students
addiction/alcohol
your family

4️⃣ Services for:
England
Scotland
Wales

5️⃣ Counselling

6️⃣ Peer support

NHS staff are risking their lives every day to save ours. We are overwhelmed that so many people are asking how they can give back. Here is a thread of 10 ways you can show your support, with some of the most wonderful initiatives you can donate to or fundraise for. Please RT 🙏🏻 1) Support a local hospital charity 🏥

Recently @charity_shc gave its 12000 staff an extra paid day of annual leave as well as a free coffee and lunch. Similar initiatives are going on at trusts across the country.

Here’s the @UHSFT NHS heroes appeal: southamptonhospitalscharity.org/current-appeal…

THREAD:

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…

THREAD:

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…

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…