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Originally Posted by Osem
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-30705689
Let's hope more of them turn up than bothered for the emergency debate they demanded... 
Labour had 13 years in power with a decent parliamentary majority and Brown's world changing 'boom' to fix the NHS and blew it by fixating on PFI and giving GPs an overly generous contract which, alongside mass immigration/population growth in certain areas, has put massive strain on the A&E depts. They also presided over the Staffs hospitals scandal in which hundreds died through abject neglect but seem very keen NOT to mention that for some strange reason. I wonder why...
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Yet they managed to meet a 98% target in England for A&E depts to see patients within 4 hours most of the time. Since the Tories took over they set the target to 95% and promptly made that target look optimistic.
It has been nearly 5 years since the Tories have taken over yet things have got progressively worse. How long can you get by blaming the previous lot when the Tories have shown themselves to be less than competent?
LAB may have made a lot of mistakes in their tenure but they cared a significant amount more about the NHS than the Tories do. They simply do not care a jot about it and would rather be shot of it and would do if it wasn't political suicide.