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Remember the last time we had a Tory Government, the NHS was starved of resources, there was a shortage of Nurses, those who were Nurses were paid a pittance, there was a shortage of doctors, a shortage of hospital beds leading to patients being left in corridors for long periods of time and don’t forget that even for minor operations some people were forgotten about on the waiting list for years.

Now that has all changed, Alan Johnson Labour’s Health Secretary has joined NHS Staff in celebrating the fact that waiting times between diagnosis and the start of treatment has been reduced to an all time low.

Labour’s Health Secretary, Alan Johnson, said:
“Twelve years ago it was not uncommon for patients to have to wait well over 18 months for an operation.  Achieving the shortest waits since NHS records began is a tremendous achievement for staff and I congratulate them for all their hard work.  Meeting the standard nationally five months before it came into effect, shows the commitment of the whole health service to improving patients’ experiences.
This has improved the lives of millions of people.  Every year the NHS carries out 60,000 hip operations, in the last two years the waiting time for this procedure has fallen from around 30 weeks to 12 weeks.  It’s not just patients that benefit from this, clinicians also value the difference it makes to the quality of care they provide.”

Don’t let the Tories destroy the NHS again